A five-month-old baby drowned in a bath while father played video games

The father of a five-month-old boy from Tarrent, Alabama, was playing video games when his baby choked in a bath. The man told the police that he was carried away by the game and forgot about the kid left unattended.

Photo: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

When the Jefferson County Sheriff's office employees answered the call and arrived at the scene on Sunday night, the child was no longer breathing, writes ABC News. Paramedics took the baby to the hospital, where he was declared dead, authorities say.

The child's father, 23-year-old Kordarius Cotton, told detectives that he turned on the water and put the child in the bath, and then left the bathroom to play a video game.

The man forgot that he had left the child unattended and “when he returned to the bathroom about an hour later, he found the child unconscious.” Detectives trust Cotton's word, Sergeant Jake Self said.

The father of the deceased boy was arrested, he was charged with criminal negligence, which led to the death of a man.

The baby's mother was not at home at the time, says Self. The family also has two more children, one of them was indoors at the time of the incident. Both children were sent to the care of their grandmother, pending an investigation.

It is currently unknown whether Cotton pleaded guilty and whether he has a lawyer. The man remains behind bars with an assigned $ 15,000 bail.

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