‘That’s parenting 101’: Foster mom left special-needs toddler in bathtub alone for ‘more than 30 minutes’ to chat on phone, police say 

Main: Hailynn Volpatti (Clay County Justice Center). Inset: Nova Bryant (WRTV).

Main: Hailynn Volpatti (Clay County Justice Center). Inset: Nova Bryant (WRTV).

A 25-year-old mother in Indiana was arrested five months after she allegedly left her 21-month-old special needs foster child unattended in a bathtub where the child drowned. Hailynn Volpatti was taken into custody last week and charged with one count of felony neglect of a dependent resulting in death in the May 2024 drowning of young Nova Bryant, records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

The incident took place on May 21, 2024, while the victim was in the sole care of Volpatti, a probable cause affidavit obtained by Indianapolis NBC affiliate WTHR reported. Volpatti’s husband was reportedly at work at the time.

On the evening of May 21, officers with the Brazil, Indiana, Police Department responded to Volpatti’s home in an apartment complex in the 400 block of Franklin Court, about 70 miles west of Indianapolis. Upon arriving at the scene, first responders immediately began performing lifesaving measures on Nova and were able to get a “faint pulse” from the girl.

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