Detroit mom faces charges after baby dies in flooded basement

Marc Daalder , Caroline Blackmon | Detroit Free Press

A Detroit woman has been charged in the death of her 11-month-old daughter, who fell through a hole in an upper floor bedroom and drowned in a flooded basement.

Dasiah Jordan, 26, has been charged with manslaughter and second-degree child abuse of her daughter, Ca'Mya Davis, according to a Wayne County press release.

Jordan allegedly left Ca'Mya with Tonya Peterson, 28, of Detroit, at her house on the 15000 block of Ferguson Street in Detroit while she went out to visit friends on July 6.

"The infant roamed the house unattended, fell through the hole in a bedroom floor and drowned in standing water and sewage in the basement," according to the press release.

When EMTs got to the house, medics began CPR on the infant and took her to a local hospital. She was pronounced dead on arrival.

Peterson also has been charged with manslaughter and second-degree child abuse.

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There was heavy rainfall the night before but police have not concluded whether this caused the basement flooding.

It is alleged that both Peterson and Jordan were "aware of the hazardous and unsafe condition in the bedroom," according to a press release from Wayne County.