GUILTY CA - Richard Kite, 4, drowned in bathtub, Fairfield, 29 Dec 2015 *Arrest*

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Fairfield, California. A California woman faces murder charges after she allegedly drowned her 4-year-old grandson in a bathtub intentionally on Tuesday...

Police arrested his grandmother, Dawn Diana Raines-Hewes, 51, whom they believe placed the boy in a bathtub and intentionally drowned him. Two other grandchildren who were in Raines-Hewes's care at the time – a 6-year-old girl and 1-year-old girl – were unharmed, police said.
http://www.people.com/article/grandmother-accused-of-drowning-grandson
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Those other children must have feared they were next.

God, what a nightmare. :(
 
Anyone find a name and picture of the grandson who was drowned?
 
Weird. She's on FB (under Raines) and looks totally normal. Was just posting on the 29th with comments about happiness, blah blah blah.
 
OMG. Yes, her FB page seems totally normal. How sad for that little boy. I have a 4 year old. So, this really breaks my heart even more. RIP little one. :(
 
Read her facebook post on January 28 of this year. She refers to whom I believe to be her grandson as "the little terror". She said she had to "Bruce Lee my grandson".
 
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/loca...4-Year-Old-Grandson-in-Bathtub-363940041.html

A small shrine was erected in a Fairfield driveway to the 4-year-old boy who drowned in a bathtub, as his grandmother was set to be arraigned Thursday on murder charges in connection with his death.
A painting of Jesus, teddy bears, candles and flowers stood near the doorstep in the 1400 block of Jefferson Street, paying tribute to Richard Kite, identified by Fairfield police as the little boy who drowned on Tuesday morning inside the home. Efforts to speak to the boy's family were unsuccessful.
 
ABC7News at arraignment:

Laura Anthony ‏@LauraAnthony7 8m8 minutes ago Fairfield, CA

"Fairfield grandmother doesn't enter plea. Dawn Raines-Hewes was unemotional. Dressed in special green suit to keep her from hurting self."
 
Drowning someone takes some time - even a small child. It is intentional. At some point, she had the ability to stop but purposely did not.

That poor child and his parents.
 
Jury trial date set for Fairfield woman accused of drowning grandson

http://www.thereporter.com/general-news/20170523/jury-trial-date-set-for-fairfield-woman-accused-of-drowning-grandson

A jury trial date for a Fairfield grandmother accused of intentionally drowning her 4-year-old grandson last year was set Tuesday in Solano County Superior Court.

Dawn D. Raines-Hewes, 52, who faces charges of murder and assault on a child, is scheduled to begin trial Sept. 11. She remains in Solano County Jail without bail.
 
"April 20, 2019. A Fairfield grandmother was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison for the drowning death of her young grandson more than three years ago.

Dawn D. Raines-Hewes, 54, pleaded guilty in January to a charge of second-degree murder. She had previously pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of murder and child abuse causing death in connection with death of her 4-year-old grandson, Richard Kite."

Judge sentences Fairfield woman for drowning young grandson
 

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