{"id":17745,"date":"2020-11-16T18:24:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T22:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/?p=17745&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=17745"},"modified":"2020-11-16T21:43:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T01:43:46","slug":"police-investigating-drowning-death-of-2-year-old-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annsvg.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/16\/police-investigating-drowning-death-of-2-year-old-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Police investigating drowning death of 2 -year- Old  Child"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"s13 wp-block-paragraph\">Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the drowning death of 1 year 11-months old&nbsp;Malachi&nbsp;Ballantyne&nbsp;of Upper Cane Hall on 15.11.2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"s13 wp-block-paragraph\">According to investigations,&nbsp;about 11:30&nbsp;a.m.&nbsp;on 15.11.2020,police at the Criminal Investigations Department and the SVG Coast Guard Service were alerted to a report of a missing child, who was suspected to have been swept away by a river&nbsp;locatednext to his home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"s13 wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<br \/>The&nbsp;SVG Coast Guard&nbsp;Service&nbsp;responded to the call and mounted a patrol&nbsp;about 100 meters offshore in the vicinity of&nbsp;Arnos Vale&nbsp;where the unresponsive body of a child (male) was discovered&nbsp;floating in the water. <br \/><br \/>The body was taken back to the Coast Guard Base, Calliaqua where it was identified&nbsp;as&nbsp;Malachi Ballantyne.<br \/><br \/> The body was subsequently pronounced dead by the District Medical Officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"s13 wp-block-paragraph\">A post mortem examination is expected to be conducted on the body of the deceased&nbsp;to ascertain the cause of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"s13 wp-block-paragraph\">Investigations into this matter is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the drowning death of 1 year 11-months old&nbsp;Malachi&nbsp;Ballantyne&nbsp;of Upper Cane Hall on 15.11.2020. 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