11-year-old girl dies after being found unresponsive at sleepover, police say

Thursday, December 28, 2017
NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA -- Police are investigating the death of an 11-year-old girl who was found unresponsive during a sleepover in Northeast Philadelphia.
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Police said the girl was found at a home on the 9200 block of Angus Place.

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A friend of the girl who lives at the home tells police she saw the victim playing with her iPad around 1:30 a.m. before falling asleep.

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Then later in the morning, the 11-year-old girl was found unresponsive and was pronounced dead when paramedics arrived at the home.



Initial reports said a neighbor discovered the child in the home, but police have yet to confirm who found the child.

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Autopsy results will come back sometime next week; investigators said there does not appear to be foul play.

Neighbors said the victim was a beloved member of a tight-knit community of parents and their kids.
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At this point, authorities have no idea what happened to the child.

They said it could have been an unknown preexisting medical condition or a food allergy.
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