OMAHA — A 28-year-old Omaha mother has been charged in the bathtub drowning last month of her 9-month-old baby.
Hanin Alnajjar appeared in a Douglas County courtroom Thursday to face a charge of negligent child abuse resulting in death.
Prosecutors say Alnajjar's 9-year-old daughter told police that her mother left the baby and a 2-year-old in the bath alone with the water running. Police say the baby was found face-up in the tub. Alnajjar's daughter told police the water was running onto the baby's face.
Alnajjar's surviving children have been taken from her custody. Alnajjar is being held on $250,000 bail.