A woman has been arrested after her young grandson drowned in a bathtub under suspicious circumstances Tuesday morning in Fairfield, police said today.
Dispatch received a call at 10:51 a.m. indicating that a 4-year-old boy had drowned in the 1400 block of Jefferson Street.
Efforts to resuscitate the boy were unsuccessful, according to police.
The child was in the care of his 51-year-old grandmother Dawn Diana Raines-Hewes, who investigators allege placed the child in a bathtub and intentionally drowned him.
Two other grandchildren under Raines-Hewes’ care, a 1-year-old girl and a 6-year-old girl, were not harmed, police said.
Raines-Hewes has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being held without bail. The case remains under investigation and information about any possible motive is not currently being released.
Last modified December 30, 2015 10:08 am
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