Waterloo Regional Police say they will need a toxicology test to determine how a 20-month-old girl died last Thursday after a post-mortem did not provide any answers.
“We have to wait for the toxicology report. Hopefully, that will give us a cause of death,” said Waterloo Regional Police Const. Andre Johnson.
He was uncertain how long it would take for results from the toxicology report to be available.
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Police arrested a 27-year-old Kitchener woman on Feb. 21 in connection with the girl’s death.
Police found the little girl “without vital signs” at a home on Heritage Drive last Thursday at around noon.
The officers attempted CPR until paramedics arrived. Life-saving measures continued as the toddler was transported to hospital. The girl was pronounced dead at the hospital.
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Police did not say what the relationship was between the woman and the toddler.
The woman has been charged with criminal negligence causing death.