Prosecutors in Florida decided not to charge a woman for child neglect after her daughter plunged into the ocean from a Disney Cruise ship, despite a police investigation that found the woman put her child in “a life-threatening situation” by allowing her to pose for a photograph in a porthole-shaped window.
Authorities said the incident was “merely accidental,” and the 5-year-old girl survived thanks to her father, who jumped after her after she fell 49 feet into the sea.
The Daily Mail reported an update on the case Sunday. Investigation reports from the Broward Sheriff’s Office and the prosecutor’s memo include previously unreleased details about what led to the fall and how the girl’s parents reacted.
According to a July 31 memo from the prosecutor in charge of the child fatality