Baby Boy Drowns While Mother's On Facebook (UPDATED)

Shannon Johnson faces an arraignment tomorrow for her son's death last September. He drowned while she was playing Cafe World on the social network.

People’s addiction to Facebook can have some disturbing consequences, like the case of Shannon Johnson. The 34-year-old in Fort Lupton, Colorado was arraigned January 14 for her son’s death on September 20. He drowned while she was playing Cafe World on the social network. She’s being held on a $100,000 bail for a felony charge of child abuse and knowingly or recklessly causing death.

Actually, she was multitasking on Facebook, checking a friend’s status and sharing videos, in addition to playing Cafe World, while sitting in the living room, according to an ABC news affiliate in the Denver area.

She

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