Repeatedly threw 2-year-old boy into pool to teach him to swim, now accused of drowning

An Arkansas woman and her husband have been arrested and charged in the drowning death of the woman’s 2-year-old son, who was repeatedly thrown into a pool in an attempt to teach him to swim, authorities say. Annastacia Atkins, 24, and Dakota Shawn Hays, 29, were arrested Monday, Jan. 13, and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the boy’s June 2024 death, according to an arrest warrant obtained by People. Atkins was also charged with permitting the abuse of a minor, according to online jail records, while Hays faces a charge of endangering the welfare of a minor. The boy died June 17 of prolonged lack of oxygen to the brain, three days after Atkins and Hays called authorities because the child was unresponsive after swimming in a pool at Hays’ aunt’s home. Stepdad Accused of Repeatedly Throwing Boy, 2, into […]
Source: News Beast

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