Jun 17, 2009 6:33 am US/Eastern
Parents Call For More Charges In Baby's Drowning
Police: 11-Month-Old Queens Baby Climbed Into Bucket At Private Child Care Service Center
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James Farrior died after climbing into a bucket filled with water at his baby sitter's home on June 15, 2009.
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The parents of the Queens infant who drowned after climbing into a bucket full of water on Monday are speaking out as police charge the baby sitter who was supposed to be watching the baby boy.
Chrisann Josiah and James Farrior were holding mementos of their son, including a photo album of their only child, as they spoke to CBS 2.
"He was very inquisitive. He wanted to know what everything was," Josiah said, explaining why her son needed to be supervised constantly. "I really thought she was watching my child."
The child, 11-month-old James Farrior, died after going head-first into the bucket three-quarters full of water at the South Richmond Hill home of 28-year-old Krystal Khan, who baby sat for the boy and posted a "child care" sign in her window. Khan was watching the little boy along with her own two children, when, she reportedly told police, she left the room to get a mop.
"You leave a bucket of water with an 11-month-old baby, a 3-year-old and 4-year-old. A seven-gallon bucket of water, she said?" questioned Josiah
Added the elder Farrior: "This is just crazy. You do not leave a bucket of water around kids. All parents know that."
Khan was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor, but the child's parents are calling for stiffer charges.
"I don't think it's enough. She should be charged with neglect because she neglected by son because she knew how he was," said Josiah.
On Tuesday, the young parents – he a 25-year-old waiter at Yankee Stadium, and she a 25-year-old foster care case worker – could not stop thinking about their young son.
"Oh man, a bundle of joy. He brings a smile to everybody's face. If you see him, he would just sit there and smile. [He was] so happy, happy about everything," said Farrior
His favorite toy was an otter brought back from a Super Bowl game. His mother held the baby's blanket.
"All I'm trying to do is think of how happy he was, but I know when I have to bury him," said Josiah. "Yesterday when I was holding him, it was so hard."
The day care operation did not have a license, but because it dealt with so few children, it wasn't required. As for the cause of death, the Medical Examiner said more testing is needed.
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