Mother charged after baby falls to its death

ATLANTA - A 29-year-old Savannah woman whose 19-month-old son fell to his death from a hotel balcony was charged Monday with three misdemeanor charges related to the incident. <br> <br> Police say Donna Neel was charged with reckless conduct, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and possessing less than an ounce of marijuana. <br> <br> Her son, Hunter Neel, fell five stories from the ninth floor of the Omni Hotel Sunday morning in downtown Atlanta. He was pronounced dead at Grady Memorial Hospital. <br> <br> Police say Neel had left the room to get breakfast and had left several teen-agers in the ninth-floor room with Hunter. The toddler slipped through the balcony rail and fell to the roof of a fourth-floor restaurant. <br> <br> Hunter&#39;s father is in the military. Donna Neel was in Atlanta visiting a friend. She is scheduled to be in court March 18.

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