{"id":22098,"date":"2024-12-03T21:52:36","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T02:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=22098"},"modified":"2024-12-04T19:15:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T00:15:12","slug":"berne-couple-charged-in-death-of-two-year-old-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/03\/berne-couple-charged-in-death-of-two-year-old-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Berne couple charged in death of two-year-old daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>DANE FUELLING &amp; STEVE ROUSE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Adams County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office has filed charges to two parents from Adams County in the death of their two-year-old child in Berne on Wednesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image0-77.jpeg?resize=640%2C668&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22100\" style=\"width:214px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image0-77.jpeg?resize=981%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 981w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image0-77.jpeg?resize=287%2C300&amp;ssl=1 287w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image0-77.jpeg?resize=768%2C801&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image0-77.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1069&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image0-77.jpeg?w=1170&amp;ssl=1 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Jace Hirschy of Berne was arrested for neglect causing death. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jace M. Hirschy, the 23-year-old father, called the authorities requesting medical assistance after the child was found dead in a closet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The child, according to police, was left in a closed closet and left unattended in close proximity to a space heater, which raised the temperature of the small space to over 100 degrees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The child was found in a crib in a closet in the apartment, with the closet door nearly closed and a space heater turned on since the previous evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image1-41.jpeg?resize=640%2C618&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22101\" style=\"width:277px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image1-41.jpeg?resize=1024%2C989&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image1-41.jpeg?resize=300%2C290&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image1-41.jpeg?resize=768%2C742&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image1-41.jpeg?w=1170&amp;ssl=1 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Sintia Perez, the child&#8217;s mother, was also charged and her other two children were removed from the residence. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Temperature readings taken in the closet and on the child&#8217;s body were all over 100 degrees, indicating the child had been exposed to extreme heat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The autopsy determined the child&#8217;s cause of death was hyperthermia, or overheating of the body, due to the extended exposure to the extreme heat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two other children in the home were removed by DCS to protect their health and safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, listen to our full report here: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/BerneDeath.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>WZBD&#8217;s Steve Rouse reports on the arrest of two Berne parents involving the death of their daughter. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DANE FUELLING &amp; STEVE ROUSE WZBD.com The Adams County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office has filed charges to two parents from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[33,15,21],"class_list":["post-22098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-berne","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22098"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22138,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22098\/revisions\/22138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}