Drowned Child's Identity Released

BROOKSVILLE - New details, including a name, were released Tuesday by the Hernando County Sheriff's Office about a 1-year-old boy who drowned Monday in his family's pool.

The child's name is Bisher Hiba and he was one day shy of turning 13 months old. He lived at 4571 Golf Club Lane in the Silverthorn subdivision, off Barclay Avenue.

Around 11 a.m., his parents were in another part of the house while his siblings were charged with watching their younger brother, according to a press release.

The older children were watching a movie and working on homework while the victim slipped through an open glass door and past the plastic barricade blocking the entryway.

The children, ages 14, 10 and 12, found their brother floating in the pool and yelled for their parents. Bisher's father, Rodwan Hiba, began cardiopulmonary resuscitation until paramedics arrived.

There is no indication that the drowning is anything other an accident, the sheriff's office said.

The family declined by phone to be interviewed on Tuesday. Rodwan Hiba is a gastroenterologist with a practice in Brooksville.