The Mohave County, Arizona, Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a girl earlier this month after her parents took her on a boat ride in 120-degree heat.
The statement said the 4-month-old baby fell unconscious shortly after 5 p.m. on July 5 while on a boat on Lake Havasu, a body of water that straddles the state line between Mohave County and San Bernardino County, California.
The baby was taken to Lake Havasu Regional Medical Center in Lake Havasu for treatment of heat stroke and was pronounced dead after being transported to Phoenix Children’s Hospital, the board said.
Mohave Sheriff’s officials did not release the names of the parents or the child, but A GoFundMe Account The mother was identified as Alyssa Wroblewski and the daughter as Tanna Rae.
The child’s father, for ““Today” will be shown like Matthew, who is believed to be a law enforcement officer in the Inland Empire. State records show he is a police detective.
Alyssa Wroblewski did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.
The child died as a result of an incident. overheat warning in Mojave County. Temperatures around Lake Havasu routinely climb into triple digits in the summer, reaching 120 degrees on July 5. according Data from the National Meteorological Service.
According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, more than 4,426 people went to emergency rooms last year for heat-related illnesses, including 215 in Mohave County.
The recent heat wave also claimed the life of a 2-year-old girl in Marana, Arizona, southeast of Phoenix, after her father put her to sleep in an air-conditioned car and left her inside while he went for a run, according to news reports. Maraña Police Department. The car, according to police, stopped working at some point.
A GoFundMe post for the Wroblewskis said they were enjoying a day at the lake when Tana collapsed. His parents attempted to resuscitate him before Lake Havasu firefighters arrived.
“Our precious daughter gave us her last smile and we gave her our last kisses,” the post read. “We will never understand why you left so soon, you were so perfect.”
The GoFundMe account includes photos of the family, including one of baby Tanna, smiling broadly and wearing a trucker suit and bow tie.
Shortly after the boy’s death, Alyssa Wroblewski paid tribute to him on Facebook, the “Today” show reported.
“These are the last pictures I took of you before you left,” Wroblewski wrote in a July 8 post. “Your smile brought me joy. … I never thought there would be a day in my life without you.”
Wroblewski said the family was struggling to understand what happened that day.
Her July 8 post has since been hidden or deleted. Some Facebook users criticized Wroblewski and her husband for traveling by boat in high temperatures. KSLA News 12.
