The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the apparent accidental death of a Baker child Saturday evening.
Deputies were called to a home in north Baker around 6 p.m. in response to a 9-1-1 call of a child not breathing.
The girl’s father says he arrived home to see the seven year old hanging from a swing by her neck. He immediately took her down and began CPR and was then assisted by responding OCSO deputies and fire department personnel until EMS arrived. The child was later pronounced dead at North Okaloosa Medical Center in Crestview.
Her mother says she had only been outside a short time. The Medical Examiner’s Office is conducting an autopsy. Additional information will be released at a later time.
UPDATE
An autopsy was conducted today 5/8/17 by the Medical Examiner’s Office in connection with the May 6th death of a seven year old Baker child. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators say the evidence points to her death being the result of a tragic accident.
