Babysitter was ‘smoking meth and marijuana’ as girl, 5, she was supposed to be looking after drowned
The 22-year-old had had been to a party the night before the drowning and police said she was drinking and used a 'multitude of drugs'
A BABYSITTER has been accused of smoking meth and marijuana as the five-year-old girl she was supposed to be looking after drowned in a pool.
Jacqueline Chiara Bjorndal was arrested in connection with the death of little Aubrey Alcott after police found drugs in her system.
The 22-year-old had let the child go out to play with her pet pig when tragedy struck, cops say.
Her roommate arrived 20 minutes after Aubrey went outside and found her in the deep end of the pool.
The Palm Bay Police Department released an emergency call from the incident, in which an operator provides instructions on how to perform CPR.
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The roommate said: "We got a little girl who fell in the pool, and she's not breathing. Her lips are blue.”
The operator is heard to say: “Try to keep the mother calm, OK, but let those compressions and the CPR continue, OK?”
The roommate says he has no idea how long Aubrey had been in the water.
Florida policeman Lt Mike Bandish said that 'alcohol and various drugs were involved in this incident', reports.
Bjorndal had been to a party the night before the drowning where a police report said she was drinking and used a 'multitude of drugs'.
Mr Bandish added: “The mother knew that Aubrie couldn't swim and she didn't want her back by the pool.”
Bjorndal is charged with aggravated manslaughter by neglect of a child.
The little girl’s mum, Kathryn Aho, is reported said on Facebook that her daughter was "my angel; my entire world".
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