On August 8, 2007, Adrianna's mother, Amanda E. Lewis, made a 911 call stating that she had found her daughter in the family's pool and she was not breathing.

[1] Emergency personnel rushed Adrianna to the nearby hospital, Bay Medical,[2] where she was pronounced dead about an hour after arrival.

[5] She was offered a plea bargain that would have required her to plead guilty to manslaughter in exchange for a ten-year sentence, but she declined in favor of going to trial.

[2] Following four days of proceedings and after only two hours (including lunch) of deliberation, the jury found Lewis guilty of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.

[12] Three television shows have highlighted this case: the Investigation Discovery series True Crime with Aphrodite Jones; an episode of 20/20 entitled "What A.J.

Saw: Mother's Fate Hinged on 7-Year-Old's Testimony";[3][8] and an episode of the UK documentary series Killer Women with Piers Morgan.