BSO investigates death of a 2-year-old in ‘incident with a piece of furniture’
A 2-year-old girl died inside a Pompano Beach house Friday morning in what Broward sheriff’s detectives say was an “incident with a piece of furniture.”
Deputies and Pompano Fire Rescue paramedics arrived at the house in the 5200 block of Northeast 14th Terrace around 8:40 a.m. after receiving a 911 call, BSO spokesman Carey Codd said. Paramedics pronounced the girl dead in the house shortly arriving, Codd said.
Police later identified her as Hope Ford. Deputies did not release any other details, only saying something happened with a piece of furniture inside Ford’s bedroom that “caused a medical emergency.”
“It’s an active, ongoing criminal investigation,” Codd said.
Several adults were inside the house when deputies arrived, he said.
The Broward County Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of the child’s death.
Sheriff’s office Homicide and Child Protective Investigations Section detectives are “actively investigating the case,” the agency said in a press release.
This report will be updated as more information becomes available.
This story was originally published April 2, 2021 at 12:29 PM.
