NEWS RELEASE
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CORONER SECTION
This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters. Facts concerning news events of major importance, which occur after the preparation of this release, will be made available to reporters at their request as soon as it is possible to do so.
DATE: 04/06/2017
TIME: 14:48
DECEDENT’S NAME: Abraham Ezra Meza Mancilla
CASE #: C00486-17
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Rosamond, CA
AGE: 1 year, 5 months
TYPE OF CASE: Child Death Investigation
DATE OF INCIDENT: 02/28/2017
TIME OF INCIDENT: 13:35
LOCATION: Antelope Valley Hospital
DATE OF DEATH: 02/28/2017
TIME OF DEATH: Pronounced at 13:41
PLACE OF DEATH: Antelope Valley Hospital
INVESTIGATING AGENCY: Kern County Sheriff’s Office
DETAILS: The decedent arrived at the Antelope Valley Hospital Emergency Room with his mother, who reported he was not breathing. Medical staff examined the decedent and determined he had been deceased at the time he had arrived at the hospital. After a postmortem examination and further testing the cause of death is sudden unexplained toddler death and the manner of death is undetermined.
COMMENTS: Next of kin was notified
DONNY YOUNGBLOOD, Sheriff-Coroner
CONTACT INFORMATION: KCSO
PHONE: 661-303-4592
