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Jul 12, 2012 News
As police continue their investigation into the death of two-month-old Baquan Shepherd, a post mortem examination has revealed that the baby died as a result of bronchial aspiration.
The post mortem was done yesterday and the findings were handed over to the Police who said they are to get a further statement from the other caregiver of the day care which the baby once attended.
A source close to the investigation has stated that some additional information is needed from the hospital where the baby was initially taken and was pronounced dead. After this information would have been received a file will be prepared for the Director of Public Prosecution.
Baquan Shepherd was discovered dead at around 16:30 hrs on Monday when his parents went to collect the infant and his 22-month-old brother.
The baby’s father, Randy Shepherd, told Kaieteur News that he and his fianceé dropped the two children off at the Sunbeam Day Care centre around 08:30 hrs on Monday. He said that they returned around 16:30 hrs to take the boys home.
“I picked up the first child (the elder brother) and was waiting for my fiancée to pick up the other, when the lady (at the day care centre) tell me that we have to take the child to the hospital.”
He said that upon checking the child, he observed that Baquan was motionless, his lips were ‘blue’ and his skin was discoloured.
The couple rushed the baby to a private hospital, “but by then he was already gone”, he said.
According to Mr. Shepherd, a staffer at the day care centre said that she had fed the child around 11:00 hrs yesterday and that he had slept from then to 16:00 hrs.
He insisted that his baby was in good health. “The child was not sickly; he weighed about 18 pounds. He was a heavy, healthy child.”
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