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Two 5-year-old girls drown in pool in Paulding Co.

Two little girls drown in a backyard swimming pool in Paulding County, and the grandmother of one of the girls faces charges.

5 year old Mia Penoyer of Gwinnett County was visiting her grandmother, a live-in housekeeper for the Juarez family on Mirage Lane in Dallas. Mia was playing with 5 year old Sophia Juarez Sunday afternoon while the rest of the family was out shopping.

Dallas Police Detective Bill Gorman tells the AJC the grandmother got distracted: "She was not watching the children; she was on a phone call, not paying any attention to them, and they got outside and drowned."

How long was she on the phone? "Approximately 45 minutes," Gorman said.

Sophia's 10 year old brother found the bodies when the family got home. The 58 year old grandmother faces a reckless conduct charge, and possibly more.

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