Georgia Bureau of InvestigationNews ReleaseContact:  Joe Montgomery, Assistant Special Agent in Charge706/200-6471

For Immediate ReleaseApril 10, 2016

Fort Oglethorpe Child Death Investigation

Fort Oglethorpe, GA – On Sunday, April 10, 2016, at approximately 4:00 pm, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), Region one office was contacted by the Fort Oglethorpe Georgia Police Department and was requested to assist with an investigation involving the body of a 18 month old white male found unresponsive in the pool at Oglethorpe Ridge Apartments off Cloud Springs Road, in Fort Oglethorpe, GA. The child was taken to Hutchenson Medical Center in Fort Oglethorpe Georgia, and later transported to T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital in Chattanooga, TN. The child later on that evening passed away at T.C Thompson.

The child, Noah Livingston Smith, was living at 1007 Oglethorpe Ridge Lane, in Fort Oglethorpe. The child will be taken to the GBI Medical Examiners’ office in Decatur, Georgia, where an autopsy will be performed pursuant to Georgia Law.

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