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Mommy Boozes @ Hotel Bar as Tot-Daughter Drowns in Hotel Pool
A 7-year-old girl drowns in a hotel pool while her mother drinks in the hotel bar.
Katlyn Pineda was found lifeless in the Marriott Melville Long Island pool last year. She remained in a coma on a ventilator and feeding tube for a year, until she died on May 1, 2023.
Mom Erica Baez, 41, told investigators the girl had been alone for five minutes. The girl had actually been alone for at least half an hour while Baez ate and drank in the hotel bar. Baez then checked on the girl and went upstairs to check on her 5-month-old son, also left alone. She then went back to the bar.
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