DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County police are currently investigating the death of a 1-year-old child.
Officers say they received a call from the hospital at 12:30 a.m. in connection to an infant who died.
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The child’s mother identified her to Channel 2′s Elizabeth Rawlins as Nawel Assogba, who had just turned a year old on Wednesday.
She says she took Nawel to the hospital because she was choking at their Harvest Drive home.
The infant had burns after she accidentally spilled hot milk on herself while celebrating her first birthday at the Georgia Aquarium on Wednesday. She says she didn’t believe the child’s injuries were severe enough to warrant calling 911.
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It’s unclear if anyone will face charges related to the child’s death.
The DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that they are currently conducting an autopsy on the child and will not determine how the child died until that autopsy is complete. They say it could be a few days before an official cause of death is released.
Anyone with information that could assist investigators should call DeKalb police.
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