Boy, 2, dies after being at house where a child was fatally injured in 2008
EUGENE, Ore. -- Two-year old Lincoln Weathers of Springfield was pronounced dead at the hospital after being rushed from a house where the sheriff's office thinks the boy choked on something.
The house is the same place where a 2-year-old boy was injured in a fall and later died in July 2008 while being cared for in a daycare operation, the sheriff's office confirmed to KVAL News.
Sheriff deputies said Weathers was being cared for by 29-year old Janna Bauman. In a 911 call Bauman reported that Weathers was choking.
The incident is under investigation by the Lane County Sheriff's Office and the Medical Examiner's section of the District Attorney's office.
In July 2008, Conner Riley Stegner (left) died as a result of blunt force trauma sustained in a fall while playing in the front yard at Janna's Little Monkey's Daycare.
The daycare operates at the same address where the boy encountered the choking hazard, the sheriff's office said.
Janna Bauman told KVAL News in July 2008 that Stegner fell off his tricycle, and she did what she always does when a child gets hurt.
"I instantly went over there, grabbed him by the arms, picked him up and pulled him in tight to me," said Bauman.
Not long after, Bauman said Conner took a turn from the worst. His face went pale and he couldn't keep his eyes open.
"Then he collapsed right in front of me, and I panicked," said Bauman.
She couldn't find her phone and had a neighbor call 911. Hours later, Conner was dead and Bauman was in shock.
"I was just going through a bunch of pictures and watching some videos I had of him today," said Bauman. "I miss that little boy so much."
She said she did everything right.
"I called as soon as he showed a sign of a problem," said Bauman. "There's nothing else I could have done."
And she said she'll spend the rest of her life remembering the little life lost.
"It will never go away," said Bauman. "And I will never forget it and it will never be out of my mind."
