The Tribune

By SANCHESKA DORSETT

Tribune Staff Reporter

sdorsett@tribunemedia.net

POLICE are investigating the “bizarre” death of a four-year-old girl who was found unresponsive in a vehicle on Friday.

The incident happened shortly after 2pm through Palm Beach Court.

Details of the incident are still sketchy but Assistant Commissioner of Police Stephen Dean said when officers were called to the scene, the little girl was found in a parked vehicle, unresponsive.

“She was given emergency medical treatment and taken to the hospital, where she died on Saturday. We still do not know what happened. We were told the little girl was playing in the yard and she might have went into the car to rest but the door was not locked. So she was not locked in the vehicle. This is a bizarre case but we will get to the bottom of it.”

ACP Dean said family members of the girl are assisting police officers with their investigation. An autopsy will be performed to determine the exact cause of death.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 911 or 919, the Central Detective Unit at 502-9991 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 328-TIPS.