An instructor responsible for caring for a 4-year-old boy who died during his second day of swim class has been charged in connection to his death.
Lexie Tenhuisen told investigators she did not know how Israel “Izzy” Scott drowned while she was wrapping up the class in a private pool near Augusta, Georgia, on June 14.
However, Jared T. Williams, district attorney for the Augusta Judicial Circuit, told the boy’s family this week he has filed charges against the instructor for involuntary manslaughter. Since the local authorities declined to press charges against Tenhuisen in July, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation will issue the arrest warrant.
“Izzy Scott is not a case. He is not a file on a desk, nor an article in the news,” Williams said in a statement. “He is a child whose loss has broken the heart of our community. He is a symbol of how we should cherish our little ones and hold them tight.”
Izzy’s mother, Dori Scott, told Atlanta Black…
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