Authorities identified A’zara Beckett as the baby girl who drowned at a Pennsylvania hotel earlier this week
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- Authorities identified 5-month-old A’zara Beckett as the baby girl who drowned at a Pennsylvania hotel earlier this week
- The drowning occurred in a hot tub inside the hotel room and is being considered an accidental death, according to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office
- Police previously said that the child was in cardiac arrest after being pulled from the water, and her mother is cooperating with investigators
Authorities have identified the 5-month-old baby girl who drowned at a hotel earlier this week.
A’zara Beckett of Coatesville, Penn., was the infant found unresponsive at the Best Western Plus Intercourse Village Inn & Suites in Lancaster County on Monday, May 11, the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office confirmed to local outlets including WHTM and PennLive.
Troopers, along with EMS, responded to the hotel on Monday just after 6:00 p.m. for a report of a possible drowning, Pennsylvania State Police told the outlets.
Beckett was found unresponsive in the hotel room, and her mother was cooperative during the investigation.
An autopsy found that the baby's cause of death was freshwater drowning, and her manner of death is being considered an accident, the outlets reported, citing the coroner's office.
Beckett drowned in a hot tub inside the hotel room, coroner Stephen Diamantoni also confirmed to LancasterOnline.
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Authorities were alerted to the reported drowning around 6 p.m. local time, Local 21 News previously reported. The dispatcher was notified that the child was in cardiac arrest after being pulled from the water.
When first responders arrived, they immediately tried to resuscitate the child, but were unsuccessful. The baby was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office and the Department of Human Services' Office of Children, Youth, and Families are all involved in the investigation.
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Best Western previously confirmed in a comment to PEOPLE that the company is also "cooperating with local government officials."
PEOPLE has reached out to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office for further information.
Anyone with information in this case should contact the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Lancaster at 717-299-7650.
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