A man has been charged overnight with manslaughter over the death of a Singleton toddler more than 15 years ago.
Police say Jordan William Thompson was 21 months old when his mother, Bernice Swales, went to run some errands, leaving him in the care of her then partner on 19 March 2005.
“When she returned home, Jordan was unresponsive,” they said in a statement on Monday.
“She rushed him across the road to Singleton Base Hospital but he could not be revived.”
Police were told Jordan was found face down in the bathtub.
However, a post-mortem found high levels of a prescription medication used to treat depression in his system.
Deputy State Coroner Elaine Truscott found in 2018 that Jordan died because he had been deliberately administered anti-depressants.
Following further investigations and a $100,000 reward for information, via the NSW Government, detectives on Monday arrested a 49-year-old man at a home in Doonside.
He was charged with manslaughter at Blacktown Police Station and is expected to face the Blacktown Local Court on Tuesday 28 September.
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