A 6-year-old boy died in a reported drowning in a backyard swimming pool in Fort Worth on Monday, police said.
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A 6-year-old boy died in a reported drowning in a backyard swimming pool in Fort Worth on Monday, police said.
Officers and fire department medics responded to a call reporting a water emergency in the 8200 block of Fall Crest Drive, in northeast Fort Worth near Hurst, about 1:45 p.m., police said.
When officers arrived, they found the boy unresponsive underwater in the pool. The boy was taken to Cook Children’s Hospital and pronounced dead, according to police.
Police said there is currently no foul play suspected, and the investigation remains ongoing.
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The suspicious death of a child at a North Carolina home led detectives to discover the site was being operated as an unlicensed child care facility, according to police.
The drowning happened around 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at a home in Fayetteville’s Preston subdivision, the Fayetteville Police Department in an Oct. 2 news release.
“Emergency Medical Service personnel arrived on scene (and) located an unconscious two-year-old,” police said. “Personnel transported (her) to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center where she succumbed to her injury.”
Details of how the girl drowned were not released.
A preliminary investigation revealed the incident happened as she was being tended to by an “unofficial daycare” operation, police said.
The operator, 51-year-old Melissa Ortiz-Fikes, was arrested Oct. 2 and charged with three counts of providing child care without a license, police said. Bond was set at $500, officials said.
An investigation into the girl’s death is ongoing, police said.
Fayetteville is about a 65-mile drive southwest from Raleigh.
Mark Price is a National Reporter for McClatchy News. He joined the network of newspapers in 1991 at The Charlotte Observer, covering beats including schools, crime, immigration, LGBTQ issues, homelessness and nonprofits. He graduated from the University of Memphis with majors in journalism and art history, and a minor in geology.
The suspicious death of a child at a North Carolina home led detectives to discover the site was being operated as an unlicensed child care facility, according to police.
The drowning happened around 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at a home in Fayetteville’s Preston subdivision, the Fayetteville Police Department in an Oct. 2 news release.
“Emergency Medical Service personnel arrived on scene (and) located an unconscious two-year-old,” police said. “Personnel transported (her) to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center where she succumbed to her injury.”
Details of how the girl drowned were not released.
A preliminary investigation revealed the incident happened as she was being tended to by an “unofficial daycare” operation, police said.
The operator, 51-year-old Melissa Ortiz-Fikes, was arrested Oct. 2 and charged with three counts of providing child care without a license, police said. Bond was set at $500, officials said.
An investigation into the girl’s death is ongoing, police said.
Fayetteville is about a 65-mile drive southwest from Raleigh.
Mark Price is a National Reporter for McClatchy News. He joined the network of newspapers in 1991 at The Charlotte Observer, covering beats including schools, crime, immigration, LGBTQ issues, homelessness and nonprofits. He graduated from the University of Memphis with majors in journalism and art history, and a minor in geology.
