A Michigan mother was taken into custody Saturday after police broke down the woman’s door and found her drowning her 2-year-old daughter in a bathtub, authorities said.
The dramatic rescue occurred inside the woman’s home in Albion, the city’s public safety department said in a statement. Albion is almost 100 miles west of Detroit.
The girl, who also had stab wounds to her chest and throat, coughed up water and began to breathe after officers gave her CPR, the statement said.
Authorities believe that she and her 4-year-old brother, who also had a cut, swallowed cleaning fluid, according to the statement.
They were taken to a hospital in Ann Arbor and were in stable condition, the department said.
Authorities were alerted to the incident after the brothers’ 15-year-old sister called 911 at 10:30 a.m. During the call, authorities heard the children screaming for help, according to the statement.
An Albion officer and a Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department deputy responded.
The older sister and another 8-year-old brother appeared unharmed, the department said.
The 35-year-old mother, who also appeared to have swallowed cleaning fluid, was not identified.
She was arraigned Tuesday on charges of assault with attempted murder and child abuse, NBC affiliate WOOD-TV of Grand Rapids reported.
The woman was being held on $500,000 bond, according to the station.
