Housekeeper Charged After Drowning Deaths

Marta Sonia Corvi faces reckless conduct charges after her granddaughter and another girl drowned in an in-ground pool Sunday.

Charges for Dallas Woman After Drowning Deaths

Marta Sonia Corvi faces reckless conduct charges after her granddaughter and another girl drowned in an in-ground pool Sunday.

Authorities Thursday announced charges against a Dallas woman following the drowning deaths Sunday of two 5-year-old girls—one of which was her granddaughter. Marta Sonia Corvi, 58, was arrested by the Dallas Police Department and charged with two counts of reckless conduct. She was the housekeeper at the Vista Lakes subdivision home in Dallas at which Sophia Juarez, who resided in the home, and Mia Penoyer of Grayson drowned in the home’s in-ground pool. Corvi is also Penoyer’s grandmother. Corvi's arrest was announced by the Paulding County Sheriff's Office, which is assisting Dallas Police with the release of information in the case. Sgt. Bill Gorman of the Dallas Police Department told Dallas-Hiram Patch Monday that the girls had been …

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Police: Two Girls Drowned in Pool

The grandmother of one of the victims, who was also the housekeeper at the Dallas residence, is set to face a reckless conduct charge following the two deaths.

Dallas Police: Two Girls Drowned in Pool

The grandmother of one of the victims, who was also the housekeeper at the local residence, is set to face a reckless conduct charge following the two deaths.

Two girls lost their lives Sunday after drowning in an in-ground pool at a Vista Lakes subdivision home in Dallas. According to Sgt. Bill Gorman of the Dallas Police Department, the victims were identified as Sophia Juarez, a resident at the Vista Lakes home, and Mia Penoyer of Grayson in Gwinnett County. Both girls were 5. Penoyer’s grandmother, who is 58, lives in the Juarez home and serves as a housekeeper and babysitter. She was in the home Sunday afternoon and got a text message from a friend just before 1 p.m. asking her to call. She made that call after receiving the message and stayed on the phone for 45 minutes. “Sometime during that 45-minute time span, the little girls ventured out of the house, into the backyard and into the …

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