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Another Infant Death Reported

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The second infant death in less than two days was reported Friday morning.

The Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department is investigating the death of four-week old Karla Maria VIlla.

At approximatley 8:45 a.m. Friday, county dispatch recieved a call of a infant not breathing.

KCSD deputies and Multi-Township EMS arrived at a residence on the 2000 block of Packerton Road, Warsaw.

CPR was started on Villa and continued during her transport to Kosciusko Community Hospital.

Villa was pronounced dead at 9:09 a.m. Friday.

KCSD Detective Charlene Johnson said, "The death currently appears to be of an accidental nature."

Villa's autopsy is pending.

Wednesday afternoon Olivia Kay Iden, 13 weeks, died at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne after she was found unresponsive at her daycare in Warsaw.

Both Villa and Iden's obituaries appear on page 3A of today's edition.