Friday, Aug. 14, 2009 | 8:42 a.m.
Sheri Elizabeth Badosky
The mother of toddler Chrissa Nina Matthews, who drowned in a back yard swimming pool earlier this summer, has been arrested in Florida on a Metro Police warrant, police said.
The Pasco County Sheriff's Office said 24-year-old Sheri Elizabeth Badosky was taken into custody Wednesday in Holiday, Fla., a suburb of Tampa.
She was charged with one count of child neglect with substantial bodily harm on a warrant obtained by Metro Police. Matthews drowned days before her second birthday, the Clark County Coroner's Office said.
Metro Police and Las Vegas Fire Department paramedics rushed to a residence on Yellow Dawn Court, near Ann Road and Decatur Boulevard, about 4:30 p.m. June 30. The child wasn't breathing when she was pulled from the swimming pool, rescuers said.
She was taken to a hospital where she died.
The family had a history of investigations for physical abuse, medical neglect and lack of supervision involving other members of the family dating back to 2005.
According to Clark County's Child Welfare Agency records, a report at the time of the child's birth expressed concern for the child's welfare. Another family member had been placed in protective custody at the time and the case was closed on Sept. 23, 2008.
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