Cops: Man called wife at work, confessed drowning toddler daughter in tub
LADY LAKE, Fla. -- Authorities say a central Florida man called his wife at work to tell her he'd drowned their 17-month-old daughter and then turned himself in.
A woman called 911 at 9:30 a.m. Monday and said that her husband, 38-year-old Jeremy Main, called her and said he had just killed the toddler, reports CBS affiliate WKMG.
Lake County deputies went to Main's Lady Lake home and found the toddler dead in the bathtub.
Main was not at the home. He had turned himself in at a Sumter County Sheriff's Office substation, and Lake County detectives went there to question him. He was eventually charged with first-degree murder.
Authorities haven't released details about the child's death or a possible motive.
Lake County Sgt. Fred Jones told WKMG the death was not accidental.
"Everyone keeps asking us over and over again, 'Why? Any idea?' We don't, we don't know why," Jones said. "There's speculation that there could've been marital issues. That's what we're looking into."
Officials say two teenagers also live at the home, but they were at school when the girl died.
Neighbors described the little girl to WKMG as a sweet baby and a "doll."
"She was really cute," neighbor Candace Pailer said. "She came over here and saw us, we said hi to her. She was the cutest baby you ever wanted to see."
Crime scene investigators, detectives and deputies on scene were distraught about the young girl's death, Jones said.
"Underneath that uniform is a mother and father," Jones said. "In my 20 years in this line of work you still wonder what takes away a person's humanity that would allow them to do something like this."
Main was being held without bail set. Jail records didn't list an attorney.