Toddler survives for almost a week without food or water after grandmother dies at home

A toddler survived for almost a week without food or water after her grandmother died while caring for her, it was reported.

Brier Rose Ineichen, aged 15 months, was found severely dehydrated in her cot after police went to check on her welfare.

The tot’s mum, Tracy Ineichen – who is in prison – had not heard from her mother, Annette Ineichen, since November 7.

The 28-year-old asked her boyfriend, Anthony Waldo, to check on the pair after being unable to reach her mum on the phone.

Waldo went to the house, in Maryville, Tennessee, around 1.30pm on Saturday and found the porch door locked but an inside door open.

Through the window, he saw the baby in her cot with her arms outstretched, crying, according to a police report.

Waldo called police then Tracy Ineichen, who has been held at Blount County jail since September 5, who told him to break into the house.

The little girl was very weak, smelled of urine and had swollen lips, WATE reported.

(Tracy Ineichen, who is in prison, could not get hold of her mother)

He was unable to open the bathroom door properly but saw someone lying on the floor through a gap of a few inches.

Police arrived and forced their way into the bathroom where they found 58-year-old Annette Ineichen dead.

Brier Rose was taken to hospital where she was treated for dehydration and malnutrition.

Annette Ineichen’s cause of death is not yet know, but it is believed to have been connected to a medical condition, the Daily Times reported.