Eric D. Lawrence

Detroit Free Press

The parents of a 2-year-old girl who died after falling into a neighbor's swimming pool in Dearborn last week are being charged with murder.

The parents have been arrested and are scheduled to be arraigned today before 19th District Court Judge Sam Salamey.

The parents, whose names and mugshots are expected to be released after they are arraigned, face two counts of homicide – second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter – and second-degree child abuse, according to Dearborn Police.

Dearborn Police Lt. Gary Mann noted a "culmination" of other incidents leading up to the drowning, including a recent situation where two of the three children in the house were found wandering the streets by a neighbor.

The Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office previously identified the girl as Monika Rose-Johnson and said her death was an accidental drowning.

Police said her parents were sleeping at the time. Police were called to respond about 10:25 a.m. Friday.

Monika and her 3-year-old brother had left their home and scaled a chain link fence to get to a neighbor's yard in the 2600 block of Boldt Street, police said. Monika was apparently then able to climb a ladder to get to the pool.

Monika was unresponsive when the neighbor discovered her, but she performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the girl until rescue workers arrived.

Monika was initially hospitalized in critical condition, but she died Saturday, police said. Her brother was unhurt.

Lt. Mann said the brother and the other child in the house, an infant, had been staying with a relative.

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