Mother Charged in Death of Baby Left Alone in Bathtub

Marlboro, NY — A 25-year-old Marlboro mother was arrested and charged with letting her baby drown.

New York State Police said Kayla M. Pagan was going to give her 10-month-old daughter a bath Friday, July 8, but left the bathroom and her baby unsupervised.

• Get Patch’s Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts

She was absent from the bathroom for what police call “an unreasonable amount of time” during which the bathtub continued to fill with water, and the baby drowned.

The father of the child got home from work and found the infant in the bathtub. He attempted to administer CPR.

The child was taken by ambulance to St. Luke’s Hospital in Newburgh where she was pronounced dead.

Pagan was charged with criminally negligent homicide, a felony.

She was arraigned in the Town of Marlborough Court July 9 and sent to Ulster County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail or $200,000 bond.

Pagan’s next appearance in court is scheduled for Tuesday, July 12.

Photo caption: Kayla M. Pagan. Photo credit: NYSP.