Lake Villa toddler s drowning appears to be tragic accident, police say
Updated 7/26/2021 5:38 PM
The suspected drowning of a toddler Saturday in Lake Villa appears to be a tragic accident, police said.
According to a preliminary investigation, a 3-year old boy apparently fell into a pool at a home on the 100 block of Balsam Avenue, said Lake Villa police Lt. James DeCaro.
The boy was identified by the Lake County coroner s office as Zayden Zavodny of Lake Villa.
Fire and police were called to the residence about 8:50 p.m. The child was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, where he was pronounced dead in the emergency room, according to Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek.
Updated 7/21/2021 4:57 PM
Investigations into a Gurnee-area dentist are underway after a 51-year-old Volo man died following a dental procedure, according to Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek.
Corey Causey was put under anesthesia for a dental procedure on June 9, stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest, Banek said. He was rushed to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville and pronounced dead on June 10.
Banek s analysis concluded that the dentist Dr. Aaron Cwik of Oral Maxillofacial Surgeons of Lake County administered too high a dose of the anesthesia drug Propofol.
Banek, who is a certified registered nurse anesthetist, said the dentist did not supply supplemental oxygen until the procedure was well underway and did not monitor Causey s vitals well enough to know in time that there was a problem.
The Lake County Coroner’s office on Friday identified the 9-year-old girl and her father who were found dead Thursday afternoon from a murder-suicide in north.