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MOM WATCHES 'IDOL' WHILE BABY NEARLY DROWNS: Three-year-old left in tub while mother is sidetracked during bath time.

(March 7, 2008)

*A 3-year-old in Indianapolis was hospitalized this week after nearly drowning in a bathtub when her mother went to another room to catch part of last Thursday's "American Idol" results show.

Sheila Brooks, a 25-year-old mother of five kids, was giving a bath to her two youngest – Sirius, 3, and Sereena, 1 – when she stepped out to get some clothes from the bedroom. Instead of returning immediately, she stopped for a few minutes to watch a bit of "Idol" with two of her other kids – Daesheana Twyman, 7, and Dasianaye Twyman, 5, according to the Indianapolis Star newspaper.

"Daesheana stated that they were … watching ‘American Idol’ on TV … and her mother suddenly stated that she forgot and left the two youngest children in the tub," Officer Gustavia Dodson wrote in the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department report. Brooks sent Daesheana to finish bathing her little sisters and get them out of the tub. According to police, Daesheana found Sirius submerged underwater and called for her mother, who then performed CPR while Brooks' brother, 38-year-old Darnell Wilson, called 911.

Sirius 'Ree Ree' Brooks

According to the paper, Brooks may be charged with two counts of neglect. Also, police allegedly found “about an ounce of marijuana, five burnt marijuana cigarettes and a scale," in Brooks' bedroom, where the 7- and 5-year-old were watching "Idol."

Sirius was in critical condition Friday at Methodist Hospital. Over the weekend she was responsive, according to police, but hospital spokesman Gene Ford said he is not releasing any further information at the family’s request.

Daesheana, Dasianaye, Sereena and a 4-year-old girl not named in the report were placed in protective custody, police said.

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