Cops Dodge Suit Over Toddler's Tragic Death
Cops Dodge Suit Over Toddler's Tragic Death
(CN) - Texas police officers have immunity from claims that they improperly detained a woman, instead of trying to help, after her toddler was strangled in a soccer net, the 5th Circuit ruled.
Ave Marie Cantrell had called 911 on Oct. 2, 2007, when she woke up from a nap to find her 21-month-old son, Matthew, trapped in a backyard soccer net.
After Ave cut the net off her boy's twitching body, she carried Matthew into the house with her other son, 4-year-old Creighton, and laid him on the sofa.
When Officers Clayton Dacey and Kevin McGee arrived at the Cantrell home in Murphy, Texas, they claim Matthew was not breathing and had no pulse. But the Cantrells say the officers prevented Ave from performing CPR and quickly treated the house as a crime scene.
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