Nine-month-old baby drowns after being left in a filling bathtub with his siblings, 2 and 3, while his parents slept in another room
- Authorities responded to a home in Hobe Sound, Florida, after receiving a 911 call about a baby turning blue and lying face down in a bathtub on Friday
- Martin County Sheriff's deputies arrived around 11:30 a.m. to find Shawn Davis, 30, preforming CPR on his 9-month-old son Cameron
- First responders took over, but were unable to save Cameron. His mother, Heather Clifford, 29, said she had left the infant alone in the tub
- The tub at the time was filling with water and Cameron was with two siblings, ages 2 and 3. The mom said she had left the tub alone for about 20 minutes
- Clifford claims she had fallen asleep. Her husband also was sleeping at the time of the incident
- An autopsy will determine what caused Cameron's death and his parents could face criminal charges, say authorities
A nine-month-old baby drowned in a bathtub which was filling with water as his parents were asleep in their Florida home on Friday, authorities say.
Deputies from the Martin County Sheriff's Office were called to a home in Hobe Sound after the baby was found face down in the water and blue about 11:30 a.m., authorities said.
Upon arrival, deputies found Shawn Davis, 30, preforming CPR on the child, Cameron, said the sheriff's office.
First responders took over life-saving techniques, but were unable to save Cameron. The baby was pronounced at a nearby hospital.
His mother, Heather Clifford, 29, said she had left the infant alone in the tub for about 20 minutes with two other siblings, ages 2 and 3, and that she had fallen asleep, reports WPBF.
Upon arrival, deputies found Shawn Davis, 30, preforming CPR on the child, Cameron, said the sheriff's office. Cameron is pictured from an image that was posted on Facebook
Cameron's mother, Heather Clifford, 29, said she had left the infant alone in the tub for about 20 minutes with two other siblings, ages 2 and 3. She is pictured in a previous mug shot
Shawn Davis also was sleeping at the time the children were left alone in the tub. He is pictured in a previous mug shot
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Davis also was sleeping at the time the children were left alone in the tub.
An autopsy to be performed on Monday is expected to determine Cameron's official cause of death, and his parents could face criminal charges, authorities said.
'It's very suspicious, it's very preventable and we'll be consulting with the State Attorney's Office on the possibility of [a] criminal charge going forward,' Martin County Sheriff William D. Snyder told WPBF.
Heather Clifford is shown with a child in an image she used for her profile picture on Facebook
A nine-month-old baby drowned in a bathtub filling with water as his parents were asleep in their Florida home on Friday, say authorities. Deputies from the Martin County Sheriff's Office are pictured at the home in Hobe Sound.
Snyder said his deputies responded to the home three times in the past, and that Florida's Department of Children and Family, or DCF, has also been called.
A next-door neighbor said she and her husband called state child welfare officials a in recent weeks when the siblings were outside, barely dressed, and the parents were apparently asleep inside with the baby crying.
The siblings have been turned over to DCF, which also is investigating.
Previous arrest records in Martin County show that Davis was arrested previously for failure to appear in court, violation of probation on a misdemeanor, battery, reckless driving, failure to register a motor vehicle and having no motorcycle endorsement on his driver's license.
Clifford also has prior arrests for violation of probation on a misdemeanor charge, giving false information to a pawn broker, dealing in stolen property and battery.
Shawn Davis is pictured from an image used for his cover picture on Facebook
The Martin County Sheriff's Office posted an early report of the incident on Facebook (pictured)
