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Detectives Sunday are investigating the death of a toddler who was found not breathing at a home in Lakeside and later died at a hospital.
Deputies were dispatched at about 8:55 p.m. Saturday to a report of a toddler not breathing along Camino De Tierra, San Diego County Sheriff's Department Lt. Patrick Fox said.
"Deputies from the Lakeside substation and paramedics from the Lakeside Fire Department arrived and performed life-saving measures on the toddler," Fox said. "The toddler was transported to the hospital, where they tragically passed away."
No further information was immediately available.
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Anyone with information regarding the death was urged to call the sheriff's Homicide Unit at 858-285-6330, or after hours, at 858-868-3200. Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.
