Saturday, May 24, 2025 - A 28-year-old mother in Wisconsin has been arrested in connection with the de@th of her 13-month-old son, who drowned when she allegedly left him unattended in a deep bath.
Selena Doxzon was taken into custody last week and charged
with one count of neglecting a child-consequence is de@th, court documents
show.
According to a copy of the criminal complaint obtained by
Law&Crime, on May 15, 2025, a woman told investigators she heard her
neighbour — later identified as Doxzon — “screaming from the lower unit of the
duplex.” When the caller went downstairs, she said she saw Doxzon holding her
son. The caller said the boy’s “body was lifeless” and his “skin was blue in
colour.”
Doxzon was on the phone with 911 at the time and “too upset
to effectively communicate,” police said. Paramedics arrived at the Milwaukee
home in the 5000 block of 53rd Street a short time later and took over CPR
duties from the mother before transporting him via ambulance to Children’s
Wisconsin for treatment.
Doctors attempted lifesaving procedures, but were ultimately unsuccessful. The boy was pronounced de@d at 9:45 a.m., police said.
Doxzon told police that after her 1-year-old and 3-year-old
sons woke up between 5:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. that morning, she fed them before
running a b@th. She said she placed her sons in the tub with the water “level
just above the height of [the victim’s] belly” when he was in a seated
position.
After washing the kids, Doxzon said she “decided to let the
boys play in the bathtub,” leaving them in the bathroom and going to the
kitchen to make pancakes and sausage, which normally take about two to three
minutes.
When the food was done cooking, Doxzon said she began
washing the dishes. She was in the kitchen “making pancakes and sausage” for
approximately four minutes when her 3-year-old son walked into the kitchen,
soaking wet.
“The Defendant went into the bathroom to get a towel. As the
Defendant entered the bathroom, the Defendant observed [the victim’s] body
floating in the water face up. [The victim] was unresponsive, with the water
near [the victim’s] face. The Defendant immediately pulled [the victim] out of
the water and started screaming for help. The Defendant patted [the victim’s]
back, but he remained unresponsive. [The victim’s] lips were blue in color. The
Defendant placed [the victim] down on the bathroom floor and attempted CPR. As
the Defendant gave [the victim] chest compressions, water came out of his
mouth.”
An autopsy determined that the toddler’s de@th was
“asphyxiation as a result of drowning.”
Doxzon said she typically bathes her kids separately and only recently started
bathing the younger child in the bathtub instead of the sink. The toddler was
not able to walk on his own, but could stand up and “cruise” when holding on to
things around the home, police said.
In a post-Miranda interview, Doxzon allegedly admitted that
she “should have had far less water in the bathtub” for her child’s safety. She
also confirmed that she was unable to see the bathroom from the kitchen where
she was preparing food.
A judge on Tuesday, May 20, set Doxzon’s bond at $10,000.
She is currently scheduled to appear in court again for a preliminary hearing
on May 30.
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