Deputies investigating ‘suspicious’ death of 6-year-old in St. Lucie County home

A -year-old child was revealed dead inside a home in St Lucie County prompting a suspicious death probe according to personnel Deputies were dispatched around a m Friday to a residence in the block of Bedford Drive to conduct a welfare check after a School Fund Deputy raised concerns about the child s absence from school since May according to the St Lucie County Sheriff s Office Upon arrival deputies spoke with the child s mother who directed them to a bedroom where the child was unveiled deceased the sheriff s office stated The incident is being treated as a suspicious death Detectives say the inspection is functioning and ongoing but there is no threat to the masses Please check back on WSVN com and News for more details on this evolving story