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April 27, 2023
One-year-old dies at home – Cops launch probe
The police are probing the death of a one-year-old child who died at his home in Battersea district in Wait A Bit, Trelawny, on Wednesday.
Information reaching OBSERVER ONLINE is that the child, identified as Daquan Smith, died after he was left at home with his stepfather and other relatives.
It was reported that around 1 pm, the baby fell from a bed and became unresponsive. He was assisted to hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival by a medical team.
Deputy Superintendent Winston Milton, the acting head of the Trelawny Police Division, said no one had been detained in connection with the death.
“We are awaiting a post-mortem examination. We will move ahead from there,” DSP Milton told OBSERVER ONLINE.