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Toccoa girl, 4, drowns in bathtub

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Posted 9:08AM on Friday 12th July 2002 ( 22 years ago )
TOCCOA - The drowning of a 4-year-old Toccoa girl in a bathtub appears to be accidental, police said. <br> <br> Je&#39;Miya Blackwell was taking a bath with her two younger siblings Saturday when her mother, Sorcha Norman, briefly left the room. <br> <br> ``She had stepped out on the front porch to talk to a neighbor. When she came back, she found the child,&#39;&#39; Toccoa police Capt. Jack Whitmire said Thursday. <br> <br> The two other children have been placed in foster care, said Kenny Jarvis, director of the Stephens County office of the Division of Family and Children Services. <br> <br> ``We&#39;re going to look at the ongoing risks for the remaining children, whether or not they are safe, whether we can reunite the children with a family member or with the parents,&#39;&#39; Jarvis said. <br> <br> Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney Mike Crawford will determine if anyone will face criminal charges in the case. <br> <br> ``Right now, it&#39;s not suspicious,&#39;&#39; Whitmire said. ``It&#39;s a tragic accident, but we still have to investigate it.&#39;&#39;

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