Last summer, Patricia Parra decided it was time for her Colorado family to take a vacation, so she went on the hunt for the perfect short-term rental home in the Phoenix area.

She booked an Airbnb with a backyard pool, a waterslide, and yard games, and in July, she set out on a road trip to Arizona with her fiancé and their children.

“(The rental house) looked kid-friendly,” Parra said. “The first day was so much fun. We went out to the pool. It was very open.”

The swimming pool in the backyard was so open — it did not have a fence or cover.

Two days into the family trip, the fun at that pool came to an end.

In the early morning, Parra's son, Prince, 2, slipped out of the home, unnoticed, and into the water, where he drowned.

A medical examiner ruled the drowning an accident.

“It ju

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