A Pheonix father was charged in connection with the drowning of his 7-month-old son Tuesday.
Prosecutors said that 37-year-old Sione Kafokuota Pulotu called 911 to report discovering his infant son dead with his face down in the bathtub.
The boy was declared brain dead at the hospital, police said. Puloto admitted to placing the child in an infant bathtub and filling it with water until it reached the child's chest.
He then left the baby there and went resuming his video games until he noticed that the boy went silent for a while.
Puloto said that he dialed the police right after finding the child unresponsive but investigators claimed that he waited for an hour before calling for help.
“Drownings are a silent event,” Phoenix Fire Captain Scott Douglas said. “They are an emergency we don't hear about until it's too late.”
“It only takes a couple inches of water for a child to drown in.”
