BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – A 6-month-old baby died after being found unresponsive at a home north of Cocoa on Saturday evening, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said the child was found unresponsive at a residence on Yarber Avenue in Sharpes and was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
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“It was sad to hear,” said Earl Taylor, who lives nearby. “I help a lot of my friends out that have children. I don’t have any myself, but I would hate to see any of them die. So it’s sad to see about a mother losing her child. I know it’s traumatic.”
The sheriff’s office said details about how the baby died will be limited until the baby’s autopsy is conducted and interviews are completed.
Neighbor Amanda Nestor said she saw the sheriff’s office respond to the home Saturday night.
She said the family moved in not too long ago.
“That’s terrible,” Nestor said. “Especially, because they’re fairly new to the neighborhood, within the last one or two years.”
Since the baby’s death, another neighbor said the mother and father haven’t come back home.
No one has been arrested.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call 321-633-8413 or CRIMELINE at 1-800-423-8477.