{"id":217147,"date":"2026-06-12T04:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/217147\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T04:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:51:07","slug":"1-year-old-girls-death-in-philadelphias-kensington-neighborhood-under-investigation-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/217147\/","title":{"rendered":"1-year-old girl’s death in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood under investigation, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Philadelphia Police Department’s Special Victims Unit is investigating after a 1-year-old girl died in an apparent drowning in Kensington Thursday night, police said.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Police Department Chief Inspector Scott Small said the fire department and paramedics responded to a 911 call on the 1800 block of East Somerset Street just after 7 p.m. for a 1-year-old girl unresponsive inside a home.<\/p>\n

The 1-year-old was taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, where she was pronounced dead at 7:49 p.m, Small said.<\/p>\n

Small said officers at the home found a large basin filled with water in the second-floor bathroom. He added that the first-floor dining room was also covered in water.<\/p>\n

It’s unclear what led to the apparent drowning, Small said.<\/p>\n

Small said investigators were in the process of getting a search warrant to process the home on East Somerset Street. He said officers are also interviewing the 1-year-old’s mother.<\/p>\n

The 1-year-old’s death remains under investigation.<\/p>\n

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