A five-year-old girl dragged a toddler to a bathtub and drowned him because he made too much noise and cried too much, according to police.
It was at first thought that the death of 18-month-old Jermane Johnson Jr was an accidental drowning at a relative’s home in Kansas.
But after social workers questioned the girl who was in the house with him, she told them that she didn’t like the toddler because he ‘made too much noise’, and ‘cried too much’, police said.
She then indicated that she drowned him on purpose, police said.
Kansas City police and local juvenile court officials said they could not remember ever investigating such a serious case involving such a young suspect.