LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ (AZFamily) — The Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner released its report this week regarding a baby girl who died from the heat after spending hours on a boat at Lake Havasu during the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Investigators say the 4-month-old girl, previously identified as Tanna Rae Wroblewski, spent the majority of the day on a boat at Lake Havasu, where the high temperature was estimated to be 120 degrees.
According to the medical examiner’s report, the baby and her family were on the boat from about 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., and the girl was in the water on “multiple occasions” during that timeframe to keep her cool.
The report noted that late that afternoon, the parents put the girl down for a nap and entered the water for a “brief period of time.” They returned to the boat to find the baby unresponsive, with blood running from her nose and “clear fluid coming from her mouth.” At that point, family members called 911 and began CPR.
About 15 minutes later, paramedics arrived and found the girl lying on the floor of the boat as CPR efforts continued. A family member passed the girl to EMS, who noticed she wasn’t breathing, was pulseless and cool to the touch and was beginning to look pale. CPR continued until the infant was transferred to a hospital in Lake Havasu City.
At the hospital, Wroblewski was intubated, and doctors shared concerns about dehydration. After about two hours, Wroblewski was transferred again to Phoenix Children’s Hospital, a delay reportedly caused by the excessive heat in the area. She died about an hour after arriving in Phoenix.
The medical examiner concluded the cause of the death was “complications of environmental heat exposure” and ruled the manner as an “accident.”
However, based on the medical examiner’s report, the Mohave County Sheriff’s Office has forwarded the case to the county attorney for review of potential negligent homicide charges.
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