Toddler Drowned in Bathtub While Parents Went Out Shopping

A Minnesota couple have been charged in connection with the drowning death of their toddler — after surveillance footage caught the pair shopping for two hours while their kids were home alone, according to authorities.

New York Post reports:

Sabina Pierre Louis, 25, and Eddy Louis, 54, initially told cops that 21-month-old son Asher Pierre Louis drowned in the bathtub while they were in their Bloomington apartment’s storage room Saturday morning.

But they were busted after video showed them going to a grocery store and local Walmart, leaving their three kids alone for at least two hours, according to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.

Confronted, they admitted making the shopping trip — but assumed the youngsters would all sleep through their absence, the prosecutors say.

Instead, when they came home, they found their 4-year-old in the bathroom — with Asher dead in the tub, according to the report.

Their 9-year-old daughter was also home but still asleep, the attorney’s office said.

The parents drove the toddler to Fairview Southdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, with staff calling cops.

Both parents were charged with second-degree manslaughter for neglect of a child. They are expected in court Wednesday.