The family of an 18-year-old woman who drowned in a swimming pool at her pastor's home where she had been babysitting is suing the pastor and his northwest Indiana megachurch.
Domonique Smith's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday.
Her mother, Vicki Walker, says Domonique was a CPR certified lifeguard and questions how her daughter drowned.
"I need to know what actually happened to my child," she told NBC 5.
Walker says the Munseys showed her video of her daughter in the pool, but claims there is a 15 minute gap in the footage.
The suit was filed in Lake County Indiana civil court and accuses negligence. It names the Family Christian Center in Munster and pastors Steve and Melodye Munsey.
"Someone was negligent," says Max Solomon, Walker's attorney. "Especially since Melodie Munsey was responsible for her during those hours."
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Smith died June 1, 2015, a few days after being found in the pool in Schererville. She had been babysitting Steve Munsey's 6-year-old granddaughter.
A coroner ruled her death an accident, but Smith had no water in her lungs. Family says there was no autopsy because her organs were donated to cancer research.
The Munsey family did not respond to NBC 5's request for comment.
The Northwest Indiana Times reports that an attorney for the Munseys hadn't seen the lawsuit and declined to comment.
