"Turlock police received a 911 call from Brassart at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 12, 2025. Brassart told dispatchers her daughter, 2-year-old Danielle Pires, was floating in the pool of their home on the 4500 block of Fireside Drive. Despite the fact the girl was unresponsive in the pool, prosecutors said Brassart did nothing to try to rescue her. Turlock police officers pulled Danielle from the pool and attempted life-saving measures, but the toddler died."
""Empty and full liquor bottles were found hidden throughout" the home, the Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office said. Her blood alcohol content was .246%; in California, you can be charged with a DUI if your BAC is 0.08%. In addition, investigators learned Brassart had been on the phone for about 45 minutes while Danielle was unattended; Brassart was talking to men she met on dating apps, prosecutors said."
"The woman told police she couldn't help her daughter because a leg injury had her confined to a wheelchair. But when the case went to trial, the jury saw video footage of Brassart driving, "walking and standing" and going to nail salons before her daughter's death, the DA's office said. Prosecutors learned Brassart was already on probation for child abuse at the time of the drowning. Another child under Brassart's care needed hospitalization for almost a week after consuming medicine."
Kelle Anne Brassart, 45, was found guilty of second-degree murder and felony child neglect for the drowning death of her 2-year-old daughter, Danielle Pires, and faces 15 years to life in prison. Police responded after Brassart called 911 reporting the child floating and officers pulled the unresponsive toddler from the home pool; life-saving measures failed. Investigators found hidden empty and full liquor bottles and a BAC of .246%. Brassart had been on the phone for about 45 minutes while the child was unattended and claimed a leg injury confined her to a wheelchair, but video showed her driving and walking.
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