A nearly 2-year-old girl has died after being pulled from a pool
at a West Knox county home, and her twin brother is on life support, according
to the Knox County Sheriff's Office.
The Major Crimes Unit of KCSO and DCS is investigating the
Friday morning incident at the home at 8836 Fox Lonas Road, where the twins
were staying with a babysitter, according to KCSO.
"She said she began looking for the twins after the arrival
of another child around 10 a.m. and found them in the deep end of the swimming
pool." KCSO said in a Facebook post.
They were rushed by ambulance to East Tennessee Children’s
Hospital after being pulled from the pool. The girl died at the hospital and
the boy was placed on life support, according to authorities.
More details will be released as the investigation continues,
according to KCSO.
The home, a single-family, ranch-style, is located in the
Crestwood Hills subdivision.
Registered as a home day care center
The home is owned by Sarah R. Blacker, according to records on
file with the Knoxville, Knox County, Knoxville Utilities Board Geographic
Information System, known as KGIS.
The home is not owner-occupied, according to KGIS records.
Knox County Business Filings show that as of May 2017, the home was operating as a home day care
center called Om Baby, registered to Jen Salley of Knoxville.
A Care.com profile for the business says Salley began doing day
care in 2010 and is certified in CPR, first aid and swim instruction.
The profile advertises summer swimming lessons for $150.
Reviews for the day care service on Care.com date are as recent
as June 3.
According to Tennessee Department of Human Services spokesman
Sky Arnold, Om Baby was not a licensed child care facility and Salley did not
have a child care license. That means Salley was not allowed to host more than
four unrelated children for more than three hours at a time.
Om Baby's Care.com profile advertises space for up to six
children: three infants and three toddlers, for $40 each per day.
Arnold said Salley was in compliance with the law, in that she
did not have more than four children at the home at the time of the drowning.
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