A Benton City woman charged with manslaughter in the drowning death of her 1-year-old daughter in a bathtub pleaded not guilty Thursday in Benton County Superior Court.

The Tri-City Herald reports ( http://bit.ly/SLDlpB) 39-year-old Wendi Finkbeiner-Setzer remains free as the case is prosecuted.

She's accused of leaving the girl alone in the tub with a 2-year-old sister last November while the mother worked on a computer in another room.

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Information from: Tri-City Herald, http://www.tri-cityherald.com