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<br />PRESS RELEASE <br /> <br />On February 8 2021, at about 12:08 PM emergency medical services from Cairo and Grand Island, and <br />deputies from the Hall County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to an address in rural Cairo for a report <br />of a five month old child not breathing. <br />Live saving measures were taken at the scene and the child was transported to the CHI St. Francis <br />Hospital, where the child was pronounced deceased at 1:25 PM. <br />In accordance with State Law regarding deaths involving young children an investigation was conducted <br />by Hall County Sheriff’s Office personnel. As part of that investigation an autopsy was performed on the <br />child. <br />The investigation resulted in the following findings: (1) The manner of death was accidental and (2) the <br />cause of death was asphyxiation. No foul play was involved. <br />The name of the child and the parents will not be released. <br /> <br />