A teenage mum has been charged with the murder of her 10-month-old baby after falling asleep with him in the bath.
Anslie Nicole Brantley's son, Draiden Shane Nichol, drowned at the family home owned by the girl's mother in Coweta County, Georgia in the USA.
Police say the 19-year-old had taken drugs before passing out with the child laying on top of her.
It is unclear what type of drugs the young mum had had taken, investigators said.
“The baby was in the bathtub with her and was unresponsive when she woke up,” the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Emergency crews said the tot was cold to touch and was taken to Piedmont Newnan Hospital, but was later pronounced dead.
Authorities also found methamphetamine in the home owned by Brantley’s mother, Kelli Gordon, 36.
The grandmother was arrested on narcotics possession charges and remained in a county jail on charges unrelated to her grandson’s death, the newspaper reported.
Five of Gordon’s other children were placed in the custody of child welfare officials following her arrest, authorities confirmed.
Brantley was taken into custody at Alamo, Georgia, 160 miles away from Coweta County on a charge of second-degree murder.
She has also been charged with child cruelty.
A Facebook profile for Brantley updated her account in October with a photo of a baby boy.
“Nana’s sweet boy,” one reply read.
