7-year-old girl found dead in bathtub in Van Nuys; mother arrested

A Van Nuys woman was arrested on Friday night after her 7-year-old daughter was found dead in the bathtub of their apartment, police said Saturday, April 12.

The mother, described only as a woman in her 30s, was taken into custody without incident, Los Angeles Police Department Officer David Cuellar said.

Officers were called to the 6800 block of Sepulveda Boulevard, where they found the girl unresponsive in the bathtub. The girl was presumed to have been drowned or strangled, Cuellar said.