3-Year-Old Dies While Napping at Cheongju Daycare...Police Request Forensic Autopsy

Three-Year-Old Boy Suffers Cardiac Arrest During Nap; Police Launch Investigation
No Known Underlying Health Conditions Reported

A three-year-old boy died while napping at a daycare center in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, prompting the police to launch an investigation.

Police image. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

According to the police and fire authorities on September 4, a report was received at about 2:52 p.m. that day from a daycare center in Seowon-gu, Cheongju, stating, "A child who was napping is not breathing."

The boy, identified as A, was in cardiac arrest when he was transported to the hospital by 119 paramedics but was later pronounced dead.

A had lunch that day and began his nap around 1 p.m. It was reported that he had no known underlying health conditions.

As of now, no signs of trauma or abuse have been found in A.

The police plan to request an autopsy from the National Forensic Service to determine the exact cause of death and will also investigate the circumstances of the incident based on the daycare center's internal closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and statements from related personnel.

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