Police say the girl was found at a home on the 9200 block of Angus Place.
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Child death investigation in Northeast Philadelphia
A friend of the girl who lives at the home tells police she saw the victim playing with her iPad around 1:30 a.m. before falling asleep.
Then later in the morning, the 11-year-old girl was found unresponsive and was pronounced dead when paramedics arrived at the home. Initial reports said a neighbor discovered the child in the home, but police have yet to confirm who found the child.
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Autopsy results will come back sometime next week; investigators say there does not appear to be foul play.
Neighbors say the victim was a beloved member of a tight-knit community of parents and their kids.
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At this point, authorities have no idea what happened to the child. They say it could have been an unknown preexisting medical condition or a food allergy.
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