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Homicide detectives investigating death of 5-year-old girl in Springdale

Homicide detectives investigating death of 5-year-old girl in Springdale
NEIGHBOR. YEAH, CHRIS AND MIKE, THAT’S RIGHT. WE WERE ON DUQUESNE COURT EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. WE WERE SPEAKING TO THAT NEIGHBOR WHO JUST LIKE US, WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHATEVER SHE COULD. AND THEN SHE TOLD US SHE SAW THE CHILD’S MOTHER’S CAR PULL UP. DETECTIVES MOVING IN AND OUT OF THIS HOME ON DUQUESNE COURT TUESDAY. I’M JUST REALLY SHOCKED. WE DON’T KNOW REALLY HOW OR WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS LITTLE GIRL FOR MUCH OF THE DAY, NEIGHBORS WERE STANDING AROUND HOPING THAT WHAT THEY WERE HEARING WAS JUST UNFOUNDED RUMORS. BUT LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON, ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE TOLD US COUNTY 911 WAS NOTIFIED OF AN UNREGISTERED FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL SHORTLY BEFORE 9 A.M. THE CHILD WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD. I’M DISGUSTED. I’M A MOTHER OF A LITTLE BOY AND IT’S JUST SICKENING. I GIVE MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY. I JUST FEEL TERRIBLE WHAT HAPPENED. NEIGHBOR AMBER GLASSER SAYS SHE SPOKE TO THE CHILD’S MOTHER, WHO SHE SAID APPEARED TO BE IN A STATE OF SHOCK. WE JUST ASKED WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND SHE TOLD ME IT WAS MY LITTLE GIRL THAT PASSED AND THAT SHE JUST GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE WILL NOW BE TASKED WITH DETERMINING THE CAUSE AND MANNER OF THE CHILD’S DEATH. AND IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO THIS INVESTIGATION, YOU CAN CONTACT COUNTY DETECTIVES AT 1833. ALL TIPS. AGAIN, THAT’S 1833. ALL TIPS FOR NOW. WE’RE LIVE OUTSIDE THE ALLEGHENY
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Homicide detectives investigating death of 5-year-old girl in Springdale
The death of a 5-year-old girl in Springdale is being investigated as a homicide, Allegheny County police said in a statement Tuesday.According to police, around 8:43 a.m., county dispatch was alerted to an unresponsive 5-year-old child in the 40 block of Duquesne Court. Pittsburgh's Action News 4 encountered crime scene investigators leaving Duquesne Court in Springdale around 5 p.m.The girl was taken to an area hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified her as Diem McMunn-Gereshenski. The ME will determine a cause and manner of death. Homicide detectives have launched a death investigation.Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call the County Police Tip Line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.

The death of a 5-year-old girl in Springdale is being investigated as a homicide, Allegheny County police said in a statement Tuesday.

According to police, around 8:43 a.m., county dispatch was alerted to an unresponsive 5-year-old child in the 40 block of Duquesne Court. Pittsburgh's Action News 4 encountered crime scene investigators leaving Duquesne Court in Springdale around 5 p.m.

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The girl was taken to an area hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.

The Allegheny County Medical Examiner identified her as Diem McMunn-Gereshenski. The ME will determine a cause and manner of death. Homicide detectives have launched a death investigation.

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Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call the County Police Tip Line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS. Callers can remain anonymous.