Infant’s Co-Sleeping Death Under Investigation: Sheriff

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL — The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the Tuesday morning death of a 2-month-old New Port Richey boy.

According to the agency, Pasco County Fire Rescue crews called deputies around 12:07 a.m. July 25 about a little boy who had been found unresponsive in his Biddeford Place home.

“The patient, who had been co-sleeping with his mother, was enroute to Morton Plant North Bay when deputies arrived,” an email from the sheriff’s office said. By the time deputies arrived at the hospital, the little boy had been pronounced dead, the sheriff’s office noted.

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Further information about the boy’s death, including the names of those involved, is not being released at this time. The sheriff’s office said the investigation remains active.

Co-sleeping or bed sharing is a common, but controversial practice. An analysis of 8,207 infant deaths from across 24 states that occurred between the years of 2004 and 2012 revealed that nearly 74 percent of babies who died at an age younger than 4 months occurred in a co-sleeping situation, Today.com reported.

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