No charges will be filed against the parents of a 3-year-old who drowned in a bathtub at Battlewood Apartments in Fort Oglethorpe, police say.
“Everyone is in agreement that this was just a tragic accident,” said police Chief David Eubanks.
The case was Tuesday after autopsies revealed no other signs of injury on the toddler, Lucas Dover, Eubanks said.
The child’s mother, Casey Dover, told authorities she was bathing Lucus on July 27 when her other child, a 2-month-old, began crying. She left Lucas to tend to the other baby for about 10 minutes, she told police
When she returned, Lucas was not breathing, the police report says. He was taken to Hutcheson Medical Center, where he was declared dead, according to police.