Woman’s family sues Indiana church, pastor after drowning
SCHERERVILLE, Ind. — 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.
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.
Smith died June 1, 2015, a few days after being found in the pool in Schererville.