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Infant's death still under investigation
Submitted by Robby Douglas on Sat, 10/22/2011 - 2:55pm.
Citrus County Sheriff's Office detectives say their investigation into the death of Evan Longanecker, an 8-week-old newborn, remains open and active.
The sheriff's office was notified at 8:20 p.m. on Wednesday that the child wasn't breathing at his home at 6872 W. Ray Court in Homosassa.
The child's father, Jason Longanecker, 31, was performing CPR on his son, Evan, in the kitchen when deputies arrived, the CCSO said earlier this week. The infant's mother, Abbey Jaros, also 31, told deputies she had been breast-feeding the infant on a couch in the living room when she apparently fell asleep. When she woke up, she said, the baby was unresponsive.
Emergency Medical Services personnel transported the child to Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 9:35 p.m.
The infant's autopsy was performed on Thursday at the medical examiner's office in Leesburg, and the office says that the manner of death is pending the results from toxicology testing.
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