Crime & Safety
Toddler Dies In The Cold In Akron
A 2-year-old was found dead on a front porch on Friday. Temperatures got as low as 12 degrees that day.

AKRON, OH — A 2-year-old girl was found dead on a front porch in Akron on Friday. Her mother found her unresponsive in freezing cold weather, according to reports.
The toddler was found at the Willow Run Apartments, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. Temperatures dipped as low as 12 degrees on Friday, though the Summit County Medical Examiner has not yet determined how the girl died.
However, a 911 call released by police hears the mother saying her daughter has been "frozen" to death, ABC 30 reports.
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"You're gonna carefully tilt the head back, you're gonna pinch her nose closed and completely cover her mouth with your mouth and then blow two regular breaths into the lungs," a 911 dispatcher explains to the panicked mother on the call.
It is not yet clear if the girl lived at the apartment where she was found or was there visiting.
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