Toddler drowns in bathtub, father arrested. Now his mother has been charged

COBB COUNTY, Georgia – A grand jury has indicted the parents of a 17-month-old child who drowned in a Cobb County home in August.

The police arrested the father and charged him with murder. Now the toddler's mother is accused of falsifying evidence.

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Kenton Hamilton told police he was sleeping on the couch with his 17-month-old and four-year-old sons at their home on Windsor Court in Kennesaw.

He claims his 17-month-old son walked up two flights of stairs, climbed into the bathtub, turned on the water and drowned.

Police said they found cocaine under the sofa cushions where the two children were sleeping and guns in the house.

We'll go through the new charges on Channel 2 Action News starting at 4 p.m.

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