Mom got drunk while 13-month-old son drowned in pool
SANTA ANA – Mom Page Elizabeth Looney got drunk inside her home while her 13-month-old son drowned in the family pool.
Looney pleaded guilty Thursday to killing her 13-month-old baby after he drowned in the family pool while the defendant was drunk and not caring for her children.
Looney, 36, pleaded guilty to one felony count of involuntary manslaughter and two felony counts of child endangerment with a sentencing enhancement for child endangerment resulting in death.
She was sentenced to one year in jail and will not receive sentencing credit for the year and a half she was in custody while the case was pending.
She was also ordered to complete a 2-year residential drug treatment program.
On Feb. 21, 2008, Looney spent the day drinking in her Anaheim home and became intoxicated, failing to care for her two little boys, ages 4 and 13-months.
Eric, the 13-month-old baby, went out into the backyard and drowned in the pool.
Sometime later, Looney became aware that Eric was missing and began to look for him. She found her son in the pool and pulled him out.
Looney’s 12-year-old daughter came home from school at approximately the same time and called 9-1-1. Responding paramedics arrived to find the lifeless baby. They were unable to revive Eric and he was pronounced dead at the hospital.
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on Oct 8 2009. Filed under Humanity.
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