1-yo girl drowns, dad arrested

By WALA Staff

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    Santa Rosa County, Florida (WALA) — A young child is dead in Santa Rosa County, Fla., and the father is under arrest on a charge negligent homicide.

Deputies with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a missing person call on Grand Navarre Boulevard in Navarre at about 7:15 p.m. Sunday. The caller advised authorities that a 1-year-old child was missing.

Deputies and other individuals searched the area and subsequently discovered the deceased body of the 1-year-old girl in a canal near the home.

Based on the subsequent investigation, the father of the child was arrested, the SRCO said.

He is Tracy Colton Potter, 29, of Navarre.

Potter was charged with the following homicide negligent manslaughter of a child, a first-degree felony.

Potter is being held at the Santa Rosa County Jail.

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