A 20-month-old toddler was found unresponsive in a hot tub Saturday, just after 3:30 a.m., according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office.

Osceola County deputies and Osceola County Fire Rescue responded to a home off Nice Court in Kissimmee.

The child appeared to have drowned in the hot tub, OSCO said.

The home was listed as an Airbnb, and a family from Washington, D.C., was staying at the residence.

The toddler was transported to Advent Health Celebration, and she was pronounced dead just after 4:30 a.m., OCSO said.

The father, 33-year-old Reynard Tyrone Hough, told detectives he was with his child in the hot tub and fell asleep with her in his arms. When he woke up, the child was unresponsive, he told OSCO.

Detectives determined the father was neglectful in the death of his daug

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