Babysitter let 20 minutes pass before checking on unconscious 3-year-old in backyard pool: Deputies

A babysitter in Louisiana let a 3-year-old boy drown in a backyard pool and lay unconscious in the water for 20 minutes before she did anything, authorities say.

Joann Johnson, 37, has been charged with negligent homicide, the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office announced.

The victim was identified by authorities as Ian Perez, per Baton Rouge CBS affiliate WAFB…

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