On Tuesday of this week, Belmopan police were in Saint Matthews Village when they were alerted that a female child was in need of medical attention.
Police officers immediately intervened and began transporting the child to the Western Regional Hospital. On their way they encountered an ambulance and the child was handed over to emergency personnel who administered first responders care to the child. Despite best efforts the child was unresponsive and was later pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
The child has been identified as Janeeka Campbell, a one year 11 months old, who was seen with bruises to various parts of her body. She also appeared to be malnourished.
Family members have posted comments on Facebook to suggest that the father was abusive to the child and that may have been a contributing factor to her death.
Police are arranging a postmortem to determine the cause of death. In the interim one of the parents, the child’s father is in custody and is being questioned. The Post Mortem will give Police a clearer picture of what occurred.
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