The death of a 6-year-old is under investigation in St. Lucie County after the child’s body was found inside a home Friday.
According to a post on the sheriff’s office Facebook page, a “suspicious death investigation” is occurring at a home 2500 block of Bedford Drive near Fort Pierce.
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Officials said about 10 a.m., deputies responded to the residence to conduct a welfare check at the request of a school resource deputy following concerns regarding the child’s absence from school since May 14.
When deputies arrived, they made contact with the child’s mother, who directed them to a bedroom inside the home. Deputies later found the child dead in the bedroom…