Mom Pleads Guilty to Drowning Daughter

A Lakeville woman whose 11-month-old daughter drowned in the bathtub while her mother shopped online for shoes pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of second-degree manslaughter. Katherine Bodem, 38, had been charged with the death of Cecilia Bodem, whom she had left with her 2-year-old brother in a bathtub while Bodem was on the Internet. According to the Dakota County attorney's office, Bodem called 911 about 5:45 p.m. Aug. 25 to report that a child was not breathing. Officers arrived and found Cecilia unresponsive. Neighbors had administered CPR and tried unsuccessfully to revive the infant. A forensic examination of Bodem's computer showed that she had been using the Internet search engines to search for shoes for 19 minutes before she placed the 911 call.
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Posted by Editor at May 7, 2008 06:43 AM