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Autopsy and toxicology reports indicate that an infant who died Aug. 23 drowned.
Police and ambulance crews were called to the Illiana Juarez residence at Hide-Away Hills, West CR 250S, Warsaw, at 7:57 p.m. Aug. 23. Emergency workers were told 9-month-old Carlos Juarez fell in a bathtub and quit breathing. The mother of the infant, Illiana Juarez, told police she was bathing both the baby and a toddler when the younger child tipped over. He then aspirated water into his lungs. Attempts to resuscitate the child were unsuccessful.
According to Kosciusko County Coroner Larry Ladd, the cause of death was ruled asphyxia due to drowning. The death has been ruled accidental.
