Preliminary autopsy results are in regarding the death of a Jasper child

Preliminary autopsy results are in regarding the 3-year-old boy who drowned in a bath tub on August 18th at Park Apartments in Jasper.

Jasper Police Lieutenant Garret Foster said in a statement that the only really significant mention of a possible cause of death in the autopsy report was that the boy had 'foggy brain' but could be explained by a high fever.

According to Foster, the investigation is still open, but without a specific cause of death it would be difficult to move forward.

Our previous article;

Information is slowly coming in on the tragic death of a 3-year-old child from Jasper.

According to Jasper Police Lieutenant Garrett Foster, it is believed that the boy drowned in a bath tub at Park Apartments on Marvin Hancock.

Foster said, "We were called to Jasper Memorial Hospital to investigate the incident".

Justice of the Peace Mike Smith has ordered an autopsy. Smith said that the cause of death has not been determined, however there were no obvious signs of trauma.