A California mother has been found guilty of murder after her 2-year-old daughter drowned in a pool while she was busy talking on the phone to men she'd matched with on a dating app. The Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office confirmed that Kelle Anne Brassart was convicted of second-degree murder and child neglect stemming from the death of her daughter Daniellé Pires in September 2025. Prosecutors said that police officers responded to a Turlock, California, home on September 12, 2025, around 3:30 p.m. after they received a report of an unresponsive child in a swimming pool. Upon their arrival, officers found the girl in the pool and began performing lifesaving measures on the child until paramedics could rush her to a hospital. However, the girl wasn't able to be saved, and doctors later pronounced her dead. 10-Month-Old Girl Drowned in Bathtub After Mom Passed Out While Drinking Prosecutors said that Brassart, 45, did not jump in the pool or otherwise attempt to rescue her daughter after she called 911. According to police, Brassart claimed she wasn't able to get into the water due to a leg injury that required her to use a wheelchair. However, footage from inside the home showed that Brassart was able to stand and walk around the house without the use of a wheelchair. Additionally, she was seen walking in a boot and with crutches. While cops investigated the drowning, authorities noted that the defendant appeared to be intoxicated. Full and empty bottles of liquor were found hidden throughout the home by investigators, while Brassart had a blood alcohol content level of .246. The legal limit to drive is .08, making her extremely intoxicated at the time of the incident. Police also noted that the girl's father previously told Brassart that she was not allowed to drink alcohol while watching their daughter. While Danielle was in the pool, Brassart was in the home's master bedroom talking on the phone with men she met on dating apps. During a pretrial hearing, Brassart testified that she had asked her daughter to let the dogs outside, according to the Turlock Journal. The girl followed the dogs into the backyard and remained unsupervised for about half an hour before she went into the pool. Surveillance cameras captured the girl struggling in the water before she eventually drowned. "This was the result we were hoping for and believed in," Deputy District Attorney Sara Sousa told the Turlock Journal. "She not only failed in her duty to care for her child, but she did it in a way that was so reckless and indifferent to human life that her conduct amounted to that of second-degree murder." Meanwhile, Brassart's attorney argued in court that the girl's drowning was an "accident" and that her client believed her daughter was inside. Police Searching for Mom After Her 3-Month-Old Daughter Drowned in Bathtub However, the prosecution insisted that there was no excuse for leaving her daughter unattended. "This is a case where the defendant knew, and she didn't care," Sousa told jurors in closing arguments, according to the outlet. "She didn't care that her daughter was at risk. She didn't care that she wasn't watching her because all she wanted to do was be selfish and get drunk." Brassart was found guilty during a court hearing on Tuesday, January 6. Her sentencing hearing is scheduled to take place on Thursday, February 5. Brassart will be sentenced to serve between 15 years to life in prison.