Florida Dad Arrested After Infant Daughter Drowns While He Plays Video Game, Sheriff Says | WESH 2 News

A Central Florida dad has been arrested in the 2024 drowning death of his infant daughter.

On April 21, 2024, Joshua Ruiz-Martinez is accused of leaving his daughter alone in a bathtub while he played video games, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.

She was later found face-down and unresponsive in the bathtub.

Ruiz-Martinez, 32, told first responders he had put the infant in the tub with water up to her stomach while he went to get a bottle because she was fussy, according to the arrest report.

But investigators were able to access the computer game Ruiz-Martinez had been playing that day, and it showed he was actively playing the game while the infant was in the tub.

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