Toddler's death in Missouri investigated as suspicious

BUFFALO, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities are investigating the death of a 2-year-old girl in southwest Missouri as suspicious.

The Springfield News-Leader reports that Dallas County Coroner Chuck Nimmo said he received a call from a hospital emergency room Sunday afternoon notifying him of the death of Kinzlea Kilgore. Nimmo says the child was transported from a home in Buffalo and was dead on arrival at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield. An autopsy is planned.

He says police are investigating.

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