NEWPORT, NH. (THECOUNT) — Sofia Van Schoick has been identified as toddler found suffering from hypothermia after becoming locked out of her Newport, New Hampshire, home overnight during single-digit temperatures Monday.
Schoick, 2, was found lifeless in frigid, sub-zero temperatures outside her New Hampshire home in what police said what a tragic accident, reports myfox8.
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A neighbor and his girlfriend found the girl’s body, in pajamas, the next morning after overnight temperatures dropped to 8 degrees below zero.
“I saw a little girl next to the bottom of the stairway,” neighbor Shane Rowe said. “I said to myself, ‘I hope that’s a doll.'” source
The neighbor’s girlfriend alerted the mother, but sadly, it was too late.
First responders pronounced the little girl dead.
Preliminary results of an autopsy showed that Van Schoick died of exposure and hypothermia.
The death appears to be a tragic accident, according to officials.
The victim’s family just moved into a new home and the girl would often get up at night and wander around, according to family, myfox8 reported.
Newport is a town in and the county seat of Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. It is 43 miles west-northwest of Concord. The population was 6,507 at the 2010 census. A covered bridge is in the northwest. The area is noted for maple sugar and apple orchards, says Wikipedia.