No criminal charges in 2018 death of Easthampton girl

The investigation into the death of a 5-year-old female child in Easthampton in December 2018 has concluded with no criminal charges being filed.

Easthampton Police responded on December 21, 2018, to a 911 call from a residence on Treehouse Circle.  The child was found unresponsive and transported to Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, where she was pronounced dead.

Massachusetts State Police Detectives attached to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office and the Easthampton Police Department jointly investigated the girl’s death, along with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME).   

The OCME found that the cause of the girl’s death was “undetermined.”  Investigators found no evidence of criminal activity surrounding the death.