Florida mom charged in death of 3-year-old who escaped 3rd floor apartment and drowned: police

A Florida mother is being charged in the death of her son, who is believed to have escaped their third-floor apartment for "approximately eight hours" before he drowned in a nearby pond, police said.

The Ormond Beach Police Department said Myra Santiago, 22, a resident of Ormond Beach, was charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and neglect of a child after her 3-year-old son, Azriyh, was found dead by police.

According to the police report, the child escaped their apartment located at San Marco Drive shortly before 7 a.m. Emergency personnel from the Ormond Beach Fire Department found him just before 2 p.m. and attempted life-saving measures. Rescuers were unable to resuscitate the boy.

His mother was sleeping the entire time, police said.

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