Twin Cities Parents Get Probation After Toddler Drowns

BLOOMINGTON, MN — A Bloomington couple was given three years of probation after their 21-month-old son drowned in their bathtub. Eddy Pierre Louis and his wife, Sabina Pierre Louis, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree manslaughter in August.

Hennepin County District Court Judge William Koch sentenced both of them Friday to 48 months in prison, but stayed that sentence and gave them three years of probation.

The judge also sentenced them to 180 days on electronic home monitoring and they each must complete 150 hours of community service. According to Koch, the couple showed remorse and accepted responsibility for their toddler’s death.

Eddy, 55, and Sabina, 26, left their apartment just before 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning in September 2019 and shopped at a Cub Foods and Walmart. They left while their three children were asleep, investigators said.

The parents were gone for close to two hours, according to the criminal complaint.

However, when they returned home, the oldest child, a nine-year-old girl, was still asleep. The couple could hear their four-year-old in the bathroom and when they entered, they found the toddler floating in the tub.

The couple's two other children have been removed by the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office’s Child Protection Division. Those children are now living with family friends, according to a news release.

The couple were also ordered to go through family therapy and complete a parenting class.