NC Girl Dies After Dad’s Drowning Attempt

Both children were taken to hospital, where the three-year-old was reported to be in critical condition, while the seven-year-old was in “good” condition.

Alan Tysheen Eugene Lassiter, 29, of Raleigh was charged with three counts of attempted murder and was being held in jail on a $2.5 million bond.

The 29-year-old, who did not live at the complex, was remanded in custody until a court hearing next month.

The 3-year-old died Wednesday, Durham police said. Lassiter’s 7-year-old son got away, police said. Instead, they [CPS] turned their back on me, the whole system, and tried to take my kids’.

Apartment complex manager Sylvia Scott said Tuesday that “Alan Tysheen Eugene Lassiter flagged down passes by Audubon Lake apartments Sunday night saying that he was searching for his son and he is very much sad about that”.

“The investigation is ongoing at this time”, she said. Police say the boy ran away from his father and was seeking help.

It wasn’t until later that Lassiter told Scott and a 911 operator that he’d drowned his 3- and 5-year-old daughters, Scott said.

Earp told the AP he saw one child above the water, crying.

Earp said the girls were about 10 feet from a bank that slopes sharply down to the pond, which is about as long as a football field. Earp says he charged into water about 5 feet deep and scooped them up, holding one in each arm. As the deputy retrieved the girls, Lassiter was standing nearby smoking a cigarette. “And after I was informed that there were kids involved, instinct took over just to go out there and rescue them”.

After getting them safely to land, Earp said he took the 5-year-old to a nearby gazebo and asked Scott and her son to watch over her. Her 3 year old sister was fully submerged which gave a sudden shock to them. Statements made by the boy to police prompted a third attempted murder charge, the chief said. “Nobody helped me”.

It also is not clear whether the girls were thrown or pushed into the pond before they were rescued by the deputy, who performed CPR until an ambulance arrived, Lopez said.

Ashley Ivey sought a domestic violence protection order and signed a statement May 15, 2009, that said Lassiter “threatened to throw hot oil in my face and cut my hair off”.