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« Photo: Now that's a vanity plate | Today | Democratic Party elder Pells split on presidential votes » February 21, 2008Police: Girl, 7, accidentally hangs self at Warwick homeWARWICK -- A 7-year-old girl apparently hanged herself to death while playing with a ribbon in a bedroom of her family’s Crestwood Road home on Wednesday, police officials said today. Police Chief Col. Steven McCartney said that police and fire rushed to the house at about 1:40 in the afternoon after receiving frantic phone calls from family members who were apparently trying to revive the girl. He declined to name the girl, who he said was found in an upstairs bedroom by her 5-year-old brother. Firefighters were already trying to resuscitate her when police arrived at the home at 205 Crestwood Road, McCartney said, describing a scene of “great trauma and anxiety.” The girl was transported to Hasbro Children’s Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival, he said. According to McCartney, the mother was so distraught that she also had to be taken to the hospital by rescue, and there were initial reports that the father, who was still inside the house, may have suffered a heart attack. Police are conducting a full investigation, he said, but are treating the death as accidental at this time. He said initial reports from the medical examiner’s office indicate that the girl died from self-inflicted strangulation. -- Journal staff writer Barbara Polichetti McCartney identified the parents as Christie Robinson, 28, and Frank Cannon, 39. There are believed to be six children in the household, ranging in ages from 2 to 13, McCartney said. Because of the unusual circumstances of the death plus the fact that the adults were so distraught, McCartney said that the state Department of Children Youth and Families was called in and initially took custody of the children. He said he did not know that status of that department’s involvement as of today. Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsTracey | February 23, 2008 9:23 AM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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This is terrible! The family is so distraught. We all are still trying to understand how something like this could happen? I know that "she" is resting in the arms of our heavenly father.