Water leak leads firefighters to break into Washington apartment and find 8-year-old girl lifeless in bathtub after mom left her home alone, police say

A mom from Spokane, Washington, is facing first- and second-degree manslaughter and abandonment of a dependent person charges after a water leak led firefighters to discover her disabled daughter deceased and floating face up in an overflowing bathtub.

A neighbor alerted authorities about a water leak upstairs

Travionna Johnson was taken into custody after the victim, identified by her initials K.J.J., a second-grader at Logan Elementary School, was found unresponsive and abandoned in an apartment at 123 E. Baldwin Avenue, per The Spokesman Review.

A neighbor called 911 to report a water leak from the apartment upstairs, located in the Logan neighborhood, of the area, per court documents verified by Knewz.

Firefighters had to break through the window because the front door was locked, after which they found the victim floating face up in an overflowing bathtub in the otherwise empty apartment…

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