LPSO investigating death of
two-year-oldDeputies with the Lafayette
Parish Sheriff's Office are investigating the death of a young
child.
The body of a two-year-old child was found in a
vehicle on Andres Road off Cameron Street, a spokesman
confirmed.
"The sheriff's office received a call just
before 2 pm today and we responded to the 6900 block of cameron
st in response to a deceased two year old that was in a vehicle
here at this location," said sheriff's spokeswoman Valerie
Ponseti Brinkley.
No other details were available;
deputies are investigating the child's death, the spokesman
said.
Coroner:
2-year-old found in car died of heatstroke
The two-year-old boy found in a car on Sunday in Lafayette
Parish died of heatstroke, the Lafayette Parish Coroner reports.
That manner of death comes from a coroner's preliminary
report on the death of Ryatt Hensley. 27-year-old Natalie
Broussard, Hensley's mother, was booked with Negligent homicide
in the case.
Sheriff's Deputies were called out to the
6900 block of Cameron Street in Duson at approximately 1:50 p.m.
on Sunday, September 27, 2020.
Hensley's body found in a
vehicle on Andres Road off of Cameron Street.
Deputies
say there are no further details at this time as this case
remains under investigation.
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