7-Year-Old Drowns in Pool While Mom Stops at Hotel Bar
After Katlyn Pineda was pulled from a hotel pool in Long Island, New York, she suffered “irreversible” brain damage and passed away in May 2023. Authorities have formally charged her mother, 41-year-old Erica Baez, with the little girl’s death. Baez had been staying with her 5-month-old son and 7-year-old daughter Katlyn at the Marriott Melville hotel property. It was an afternoon when Baez left Katlyn alone at the pool while she stopped at the bar …