GBI arrests woman in connection with 4-year-old’s drowning during swimming lessons, officials say

BURKE COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested a woman accused in the drowning of a four-year-old.

Burke County sheriff officials said on Jan. 17 at 8:30 p.m., the GBI arrested 66-year-old Lexie C. Tenhuisen of Waynesville, North Carolina.

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Authorities said Tenhuisen is accused in the drowning of four-year-old Israel Scott in June 2022.

Scott’s mother, Dori Scott told Channel 2 Action News he drowned on his second day of swim lessons.

“I don’t know what she was doing. I think there’s more to it. I just pray that one day it comes out,” she said.

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It is unclear what led up to Scott’s drowning.

Tenhuisen was booked into the Burke County Detention Center on one count of involuntary manslaughter.

She has since posted her $10,000 cash preset bond from the Magistrate Court Bond Schedule.

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