HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A 13-year-old boy is dead after police said family members left him unresponsive for hours Monday morning, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to reports of an unresponsive teen at an apartment complex located in the 12700 block of W FM-1960 around 3 a.m.
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Preliminary info: at approximately 8am yesterday morning, the teen felt warm and had a stomach ache. Took aspirin and went to sleep on the living room floor, which was his regular sleeping spot. At about 3pm, he was not responding and appeared to be in deep sleep. This
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When deputies arrived, they found the 13-year-old boy unresponsive, in a fetal position on the floor.
According to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, the teen lived inside the three-bedroom apartment along with six adults and seven children ranging in ages seven through 17.
The family told deputies that the teen, who usually sleeps on the living room floor, took an aspirin for a stomach ache before lying down to sleep at 8 a.m. Sunday. They said multiple people checked on the teen around 3 p.m., including some of the children who repeatedly called his name to wake him up. The teen remained unresponsive, but the family told deputies they didn’t think much of it because he was a “hard sleeper.”
When they went back to check on him Monday morning around 2:15 a.m., they said they noticed blood next to the teen and called deputies.
Investigators are working to determine the teen’s cause of death and said it occurred under “suspicious circumstances.”