Date and Time: Tuesday June 29, 2010 at approximately 9:30 p.m.
Location: 100 block of Lake Side Drive, Laurel, Sussex County, DE
Victim: 2 year-old Female
Laurel - Delaware State Police are investigating the drowning death of a 2 year-old girl
Troopers were called to the Relax Inn located on US 13 outside Laurel this evening for the report of a missing 2 year-old girl. A family who had been displaced from the Carvel Garden Apartments was staying at the motel for the evening. The mother and father had fallen asleep when the 5 year-old brother and the 2 year-old sister managed to unlock the motel room door. The 2 year-old wondered out of the room and was later discovered missing by the parents.
State police and Laurel Police began to search the area. The little girl was found in an in ground pool located in the 100 block of Lake Side Drive. Emergency medical personnel preformed CPR on the child and transported her to Nanticoke Hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
The investigation is on going.
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Sad, very sad....
ReplyDeletewhat "parent" falls asleep with a 5 yr old and a 2 year old roaming about??? I think the parents should be tested for drugs in their system and be charged if they come up positive.
ReplyDeleteExactly what parent falls asleep. Those children should of been in BED!!
ReplyDeleteAlot of kids these days only have the life,love and care because the grand parents steeped in to raise them for the kids that think a child is a doll. What will this society do when the kids are the grand parents. Gen-Pop will destroy us all.
ReplyDeleteMaybe everyone was in bed and then the kids woke up (as many kids will do). So quick to judge without the facts. Do we have a time for exactly when all this happened?
ReplyDeleteDid the child drown at the hotel pool or a private pool? Either way there are laws pertaining to fencing around in ground pools and pools over 4ft deep. Why in the world was a 2 year old able to gain access to the pool?
ReplyDeleteMy heart goes out to the family, especially the 5 yr old brother.
It takes alot to be ousted from these welfare apartments. Believe me, its the hood over there. My guess is they are druggees.
ReplyDeleteThey were in fact not druggies, there apt was being treated for mold, I don't know the entire situation but am friends with their extended family, Get the facts before making allegations... Its a tragedy that does not need to be worsened by uninformed idiots...
ReplyDeleteI thought all pools had to be enclosed by fencing and gates.What a terrible tragedy.This did not have to happen.
ReplyDeleteWell, folks, it happened to my two year old son a week before his third birthday. We were not asleep, and it all happened in seven minutes. We found him at minute 12 or so. No parent can watch a child every minute of every day. One must settle that there is only One in charge of life, and there is nothing we can do if it's someone's time to be called home. My heart goes out to the entire family, as I have felt what they are feeling right now.
ReplyDeleteGod bless all.