Overview
- A 1-year-old girl was found unresponsive in water, transported by paramedics to Saint Christopher's Hospital, and pronounced dead at the scene of treatment.
- Police say preliminary information points to drowning but they have not confirmed exactly how or where the child entered the water.
- Officers who entered the home reported a large basin filled with water in a second-floor tub and water covering the first-floor dining room and described the scene as unusual.
- Special Victims investigators and the medical examiner's office are handling the investigation, the house is being held as a crime scene, and detectives are interviewing the mother and other children.
- Investigators have not announced any charges or a final cause of death and say the medical examiner's exam and ongoing interviews will be needed to resolve the circumstances.