On Sunday evening, September 18, 2016 Chelie Legge Casswell, age 45, was taken into custody after being Indicted on one count of Involuntary Manslaughter and one count of Cruelty and Injury to a Child.

The charges stem from an incident that occurred August 13, 2016 when Casswell was babysitting a two-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl at their father’s home in Aquia Harbour. During Casswell’s time babysitting, she was notified by a neighbor that the two-year-old boy was found wandering down the street. After retrieving the boy from a neighbor’s house, Casswell discovered that the little girl was missing as well. The girl was found unresponsive in the pool at the home and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Casswell is incarcerated at the Rappahannock Regional Jail with a $10,000 bond and is scheduled to be arraigned today in Stafford County Circuit Court.