A stepmom is facing charges for the death of a 5-year-old child after he drowned in a manmade waste ditch in Florida .
Cheyenne Star Fite, 25, was taken into custody Tuesday and charged with one count of aggravated manslaughter by child abuse , according to an affidavit seen by Law & Crime .
According to an arrest report, Fite, had been looking after her stepson, 5-year-old Riley Scot Hogeback, on October 11, when he tumbled down a man-made waste disposal ditch in Kissimmee and drowned after becoming intoxicated by fumes and animal excrement.
His body was gruesomely discovered by police “unresponsive, naked, and covered in mud,” according to Osceola County deputies, and court documents revealed that his “lungs were lined by brown and green mud.”
One of the other children reportedly told police that Fite had actually been asleep in bed at the time of the horrific incident. They also added that Fite had been punishing Riley by leaving him “outside naked” because he had wounded a chicken that day, reported Law & Crime .