Stafford man indicted in drowning death of son, 3

A grand jury indicted a Stafford, Virginia, father in the drowning death of his 3-year-old son last September.

The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday arrested Daniel Neely on charges of felony homicide and abuse and neglect of a child.

The sheriff’s office said its investigation revealed the boy drowned in an above-ground pool at a home on Fleetwood Farm Road while in his father’s care on Sept. 16, 2021.



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Colleen Kelleher is an award-winning journalist who has been with WTOP since 1996. Kelleher joined WTOP as the afternoon radio writer and night and weekend editor and made the move to WTOP.com in 2001. Now she works early mornings as the site's Senior Digital Editor.

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