Infant Child Dies of Natural Causes

July 22, 2011

Special News Release

On July 22, 2011, the Sauk County Communications Center received a 911 call at 5:37 AM from the mother of a twenty day old infant reporting that her child was having difficulty breathing and was in and out of consciousness. A Sauk County Deputy and the Reedsburg Ambulance Service were immediately dispatched to the residence located on Winneshiek Street in the Town of Dellona.

Upon the arrival of the officer the grandmother met the deputy outside holding the child who was crying at the time. The child was transported to the Reedsburg Area Medical Center where she later died.

An autopsy was performed on the 22nd of July in Madison, WI. The autopsy determined that the child died of natural causes. Names of the family are not being released at this time.

Sheriff Chip Meister