Children scream for help, mother holds toddler in water: MI Police

Children were heard screaming and begging for help when a 15-year-old girl called 911, according to authorities in Michigan.

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Officers with the Albion Department of Public Safety responded to the home at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 24, and “heard commotion from behind a locked door in the residence,” according to a Facebook post from the agency.

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An officer kicked the door open, police said, and found a woman holding a toddler under water in a bathtub.

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The officer pulled the 2-year-old girl away from the 35-year-old woman and began CPR in the living room, according to the news release.

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“After giving a few quick breaths, the child coughed up water and began breathing on her own,” authorities said. Meanwhile, a deputy with the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office detained the woman.

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Authorities believe she is the mom of the four children found in the home: the 2-year-old girl, a 4-year-old boy, an 8-year-old child and a 15-year-old girl.

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The 2-year-old was found with stab wounds to her chest and throat, officials said, and the 4-year-old had some cuts. Authorities believe they may have also ingested a cleaning fluid.

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They were taken to a hospital about 20 miles away before being flown to Ann Arbor for further treatment, according to the release. They were in stable condition as of 3 p.m. Saturday.

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The two older children did not appear to be injured, police said.

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The mother, who police did not name, was arrested and later taken to a hospital as authorities said she may have ingested the cleaning fluid as well.

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Chief Scott Kipp credited the responding officer and deputy for their “quick response and decisive actions (that) helped to save the life of the two-year-old child.”

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Albion is about 50 miles west of Ann Arbor.

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