Police: Parents facing charges after 3-year-old found in Sanford pond dies
Updated: 5:11 PM EDT Oct 15, 2023
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Police: Parents facing charges after 3-year-old found in Sanford pond dies
Updated: 5:11 PM EDT Oct 15, 2023
ABOVE: A look at the top storiesTwo parents are facing charges following a toddler’s death. A 3-year-old was rescued from a pond and later died at a nearby hospital on Saturday afternoon, according to Sanford Police.The incident occurred at the Crosby at Towne Center Apartments located at 12500 Solstice Loop in Sanford. An arrest report says the parents of the toddler were home at the time. According to an arrest report, after the 3-year-old’s mother, 37-year-old Barbara Ruiz, heard a door open while she was in the bathroom, she and the toddler’s father, 39-year-old Lester Ortiz, started searching for the child. Police responded to the area and later found the child in a pond behind Ruiz and Ortiz’s apartment. The arrest report states there was “a strong odor” of marijuana at the home when police were speaking with the parents. Ortiz and Ruiz were arrested on the charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child.Top headlines: Central Florida residents view rare ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse ‘Hole in our heart’: Families gather to remember 4 killed in Orange County warehouse fire 3-year-old dies following Sanford water rescue from pond
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Two parents are facing charges following a toddler’s death.
A 3-year-old was rescued from a pond and later died at a nearby hospital on Saturday afternoon, according to Sanford Police.
The incident occurred at the Crosby at Towne Center Apartments located at 12500 Solstice Loop in Sanford.
An arrest report says the parents of the toddler were home at the time.
According to an arrest report, after the 3-year-old’s mother, 37-year-old Barbara Ruiz, heard a door open while she was in the bathroom, she and the toddler’s father, 39-year-old Lester Ortiz, started searching for the child.
Police responded to the area and later found the child in a pond behind Ruiz and Ortiz’s apartment.
The arrest report states there was “a strong odor” of marijuana at the home when police were speaking with the parents.
Ortiz and Ruiz were arrested on the charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child.
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