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Espelkamp (dpa / lnw) - An eleven-month-old baby drowned in the bathtub in Espelkamp (Minden-Lübbecke district).

Police and prosecutors are investigating the boy's mother for negligent homicide, as they announced on Wednesday.

There is a suspicion that she did not properly supervise her child while bathing, said a police spokeswoman.

According to the information, the child had already died last Thursday.

A friend from the neighborhood, alarmed by the child's mother, called an emergency doctor.

This could no longer help the child and turned on the police.

Because the cause of death was initially unclear, the body was autopsied.

"Clear signs of a drowning death" were found, as the message continued.

The investigators found no evidence of an act of violence.

© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210127-99-189552 / 2

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