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A 7-year-old girl drowns in a hotel pool while her mother drinks in the hotel bar.\\xa0
\\nKatlyn Pineda was found lifeless in the Marriott Melville Long Island pool last year. She remained in a coma on a ventilator and feeding tube for a year, until she died on May 1, 2023.
\\nMom Erica Baez, 41, told investigators the girl had been alone for five minutes. The girl had actually been alone for at least half an hour while Baez ate and drank in the hotel bar. Baez then checked on the girl and went upstairs to check on her 5-month-old son, also left alone. She then went back to the bar.
\\nProsecutors say after another 30 minutes, Baez found Katlyn in the water. Hotel staff say Baez was told that there was no lifeguard on duty and that she was required to be with her daughter.\\xa0
\\nThe little girl suffered \\u201cirreversible\\u201d brain damage from lack of oxygen. After being in a long-term care facility in New Jersey for a year, she died.\\xa0\\xa0
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