A Gainesville mother was arrested after her children went to a neighbor for help early Saturday, telling the neighbor they believed she was dead. Police later found the 25-year-old woman unresponsive in a bathtub with three children inside the apartment, authorities said.
According to a report by Tampa Free Press, the woman was identified as Shalesia Cave, who faces three counts of child neglect without causing great bodily harm. A neighbor’s Ring camera reportedly captured two visibly distressed children knocking at the door around 1 a.m., while Cave’s 6-year-old son sang that his mother was dead.
The neighbor brought the two children inside, then went to Cave’s apartment and retrieved a third child, a 10-month-old infant, before calling 911. Police said Cave was the only adult present in the residence when officers arrived.
Police Say Mother Was Confused And Slurring Her Words
Responding officers found Cave breathing but unresponsive and naked in the bathtub, according to the arrest report. An officer wrote that Cave gradually regained consciousness but remained unaware of her surroundings, cried, slurred her speech and struggled to form understandable sentences…