Crime & Safety

Plum Man Charged In 3-Year-Old Daughter's Drowning Death

Ca-Nayah Mitchell was found at the bottom of the family swimming pool.

PLUM, PA - A Plum man is facing criminal charges related to the drowning last week of his three-year-old daughter. Charles Mitchell has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of children.

On Aug. 1, Ca-Nayah Mitchell was found at the bottom of a swimming pool at the family's Ridgewood Court home.She was taken to Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville

where she was pronounced dead.

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Mitchell allegedly left Ca-Nayah and her four-year-old brother alone for several minutes, according to court paperwork.


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