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Monday's Internet Edition, May 12, 2008.
Baby Dies In Home; Man Arrested For Drug Possession
By Jackie Seabolt
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An investigation has been launched after an unresponsive child and drugs were discovered at a home last week.
According to Davie Sheriff’s Department Capt. J. D. Hartman, the morning of Jan. 31 a 911 call was dispatched to Davie EMS reporting a child in distress at 237 Cherry Hill Road, Mocksville.
A 5-month-old baby boy was found on the bedroom floor of the home by his mother, according to Hartman.
“EMS requested the sheriff’s office to respond and we opened the case as a suspicious death,” Hartman said.
Hartman said that the mother and another man, who are not from Davie County, were at the home at the time the baby was found. “Their statements were they were here visiting a friend,” Hartman said.
James Boyd Smith, 61, lives at the Cherry Hill Road home.
Hartman said that “because of ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.
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