Girl, five, 'drowned crying toddler'

Police in Kansas City are treating the death of an 18-month-old boy who drowned in a bathtub as a potential homicide after a five-year-old girl told social workers that she held him under the water to stop his crying.

Officers said the girl, who was left with other children in the care of a teenager, was considered a possible suspect in the toddler’s death last week, raising complicated legal questions about how a court could proceed with a case against such a young suspect.