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Toddler Found Dead In Victoria Hotel Died Of Natural Causes: BC Coroners Service

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 05 Aug, 2015 10:16 AM
    VICTORIA — British Columbia's coroners' service says a toddler found dead in a Victoria hotel room last month died of natural causes.
     
    The service says 18-month-old Saam Zohrevand — also known as Saam Darya — developed both a lung infection and bacterial meningitis.
     
    Victoria Police responded on July 18 to reports of a distraught woman screaming in a downtown hotel.
     
    They arrived to discovered a child without vital signs.
     
    Police said they had spoken twice with the mother the day before the incident after receiving calls from concerned citizens about the woman praying loudly in a Victoria mosque.
     
    The province's police watchdog is conducting a preliminary investigation to determine whether there is a connection between police actions and the child's death.

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