Tonight, Orange Walk police continue to investigate the drowning of a
1-year-old baby, Uriel David Hernandez, which occurred in the back yard
of his grandmother's Trial Farm home.
His 20-year-old mother reported to police that on Tuesday at around
3:00 in the afternoon, she was at her mother's house on Black Water
Street.
She was feeding her 1-month-old baby when she noticed that her other
son, Baby Uriel, was missing. She asked her sister to go looking for
him, and when they searched the back yard of the home, they found a
horrific scene. Baby Uriel fell into a recently-dug hole that was about
6 feet deep. The hole was half-filled with water, and the family found
the baby floating face-up.
He was immediately rushed to the Northern Regional Hospital, and later
to the KHMH. The doctors attempted to save his life, but he passed away
yesterday afternoon at around 2:00.
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