Girl, 8, found dead in overflowing bathtub after mother allegedly left her home alone

SPOKANE, Wash. (Gray News) – A Washington state mother is facing charges after her 8-year-old daughter, who had allegedly been left home alone, was found dead in an overflowing bathtub.

Travionna Johnson, 23, is facing felony charges of manslaughter and abandonment of a dependent. Her 8-year-old daughter was found dead in an overflowing bathtub after Johnson allegedly left her home alone, according to court records cited by The Spokesman-Review and KREM.

The Spokane Fire Department responded to Johnson’s apartment last Sunday morning after a neighbor called 911 to report water leaking from an upstairs unit. Firefighters found Johnson’s daughter floating, unresponsive, in the bathtub. She was pronounced dead at the hospital…

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