Funeral Services Set for Infant Drowned in Bathtub, Mother Waives Preliminary Hearing

Marlboro, NY — Funeral services for the 10-month-old infant who drowned after, police said, her mother left her alone in a bathtub have been set.

Visitation for Liliana Ryerson will be from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Brooks Funeral Home in Newburgh, according to her obituary posted on the funeral home’s website.

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Ryerson was born August 26, 2015, to Richard Charles Ryerson and Kayla Marie Pagan.

In addition to her parents, she is survived by a brother, grandparents and several aunts, uncles and cousins.

Police said Pagan was going to give her daughter a bath but left the 10-month-old alone and unsupervised July 8.

During what police said was “an unreasonable amount of time” when she was not in the bathroom, the tub continues to fill with water.

The father came home and found the child in the tub and tried giving her CPR.

She was pronounced dead at St. Luke’s Hospital in Newburgh.

Pagan was charged with criminally negligent homicide, a felony.

News 12 said Pagan on Tuesday waived a preliminary hearing and is still in jail.