ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. — Sheriff’s officials along the southeastern border of Kansas say a 2-year-old there has died, likely from excessive heat.
The Cowley County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and medics were called just after 6 p.m. Tuesday to a home in the southern part of the county for reports of an unresponsive child. First responders could not revive the child. Sheriff David Falletti says early indications show the toddler died due to heat. Officials have not released details of how the child or where the child was found, but Falletti says no foul play is suspected.
Most of Kansas has been under a heat advisory this week, and the heat index in Cowley County on Tuesday reached as high as 108 degrees.
