11-02-2025
Police: 2 kids apparently freeze to death in van
Police: 2 kids apparently freeze to death in van
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Two young children apparently froze to death while sleeping overnight in a van inside a parking structure at a Detroit casino, police report.
The two kids along with their three siblings and mom were unhoused and living in a van. Around noon Monday, one of the children, a 9-year-old boy, was not breathing and his mom called a friend to take the child to the hospital. The friend later returned to the parking structure to take the 2-year-old-girl to the hospital after it was confirmed she was not breathing. Both children died.
The children's cause of death has not been confirmed by the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office. Here's more in this story.
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