Louisiana babysitter arrested after toddler drowned in pool and wasn’t found for 20 minutes

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A Louisiana babysitter was arrested and charged with negligent homicide after a 3-year-old drowned in a pool at her in-home daycare in Prairieville on May 18. Joann Johnson, 37, did not discover the child for 20 minutes after the toddler went into the water. The case highlights the dangers of inadequate supervision in unlicensed childcare settings, where a single caregiver may struggle to monitor multiple young children simultaneously. Johnson now faces one felony count as authorities investigate what lapses in attention led to the child's death.