Toddler identified apparent accidental drowning

JAMESTOWN, N.D. (AP) – Jamestown police say the death of a toddler who drowned in a bathtub appears to be accidental.
Capt. Gary Peterson on Monday identified the child as 1  1/2-year-old Eli Swensrud. He says the boy died Saturday while being cared for by a woman who lived in the home with him and his father.

The child was being watched by his father’s girlfriend when she stepped out of the room to tend to another child. Police say when she returned, Eli had climbed into the bathtub and was underwater.

Peterson says the boy’s father and mother were not there when he died.

Police are awaiting autopsy results, but Peterson says authorities believe the death to be accidental.

Previously…

Jamestown  (CSi)  Jamestown Police is investigating what appears to be an accidental drowning  that occurred Saturday morning about 11:50 a.m., in a Southwest Jamestown residence.

Police  is withholding the name of the 18-month-old infant.

Lt. Robert Opp said officers responded to a report of an infant drowning in a bathtub in the home of its parents.

While police continue with the investigation, the drowning appears accidental.

More information may be released Monday.