Police: Illinois girl, 3, fell from window, died from cold
January 21, 2021 GMT
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) A 3-year-old northwestern Illinois girl died after she apparently fell from a window on a frigid night and couldn’t get back inside her family’s home, police said.
Charlotte Handelman appears to have fallen out of a second-floor window at her family’s Rock Island home between 11 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday, when she was found outside, police said.
The home is in the Quad Cities area, which is located along the Illinois-Iowa state line. She was pronounced dead at a hospital and preliminary autopsy findings show she died from hypothermia, The (Moline) Dispatch/The Rock Island Argus reported.
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A 3-year-old Illinois child is dead after police say she fell from a second-story window at her family home in Rock Island.
Charlotte “Charlie” Handelman fell from the window at some point between 11 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m. Tuesday. Officials said the girl’s father found her outside and called 911, according to The Dispatch/Rock Island Argus.
The child was rushed to the UnityPoint Health-Trinity Rock Island emergency room after Rock Island police and firefighters arrived at the home.
According to an autopsy report, Charlie died from hypothermia. The death was labeled as an accident.
“It’s being investigated as nothing more than a tragic accident,” Rock Island County coroner, Brian Gustafson, said. “She was a beautiful little girl. It’s absolutely tragic.”
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A 3-year-old girl in the Quad Cities has died after falling out a second-story window of her home and not being able to get back inside the house.
The Quad-City Times says it was between 11 p.m. Monday night and 6 a.m. Tuesday morning that 3-year-old Charlotte Handelman of Rock Island apparently fell from a second-story window of a home in the 1500 block of 14th 1/2 Street in Rock Island.
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Charlotte, nicknamed Charlie, was found outside the home before daybreak Tuesday morning and was unresponsive. She was transported by ambulance to UnityPoint Health-Trinity Rock Island, where she was pronounced dead.