Thursday, June 18, 2009

911 Calls Provide Disturbing Details in Death of 2-Year-Old Cleveland Girl

Fox 8- Shocking 911 calls show the chaos that occured when the unidentified adults with the child, called for help.

One caller says, "Lady I told you, maybe the little girl is dead, you know, died."

A 911 dispatcher tries to give the adults in the room with the two year old, instructions on how to perform CPR.

The dispatcher senses the adults are not following her instructions. "Are you doing what I'm asking you to do?" she asks.

Emergency responders seem to be shocked by what they find when they arrive at the apartment complex.

They immediately tell dispatchers that the child is dead and that this is a clear case of child abuse.

One first responder tells the dispatcher about the child's condition.

"The kids got bilateral burns on the hands, bruising across the whole forehead," he said.

He went on to say, "She's got a bitemark on the right elbow. She's got, what else, a lot of bruising."

The Cuyahoga County Coroner's office has identified the little girl as, Iris Rivera .

The Director of Children and Family Services tells Fox 8 News, "Iris died of blunt force trama to the abdomen." Her death has been ruled a homicide.

We're also told that the other four children have been placed in the emergency custody of their father.

Police say the child's mother was in the hospital at the time of her death.

So far, police have not identified any suspects in this case.

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