An au­top­sy done on the body of nine-month-old Tysha Pe­ters who died at her Guayagua­yare home on Mon­day, re­vealed that death was due to po­si­tion­al as­phyx­ia. The au­top­sy, which was done at the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre on Tues­day, found that the in­fant was de­prived of oxy­gen as her chest was com­pressed be­tween a bed and a wall.

On Mon­day, Tysha's moth­er, An­gela Louisou, fed her at around 8 am and placed her on a bed to rest. Short­ly af­ter­wards, Louisou checked on the child and dis­cov­ered that she was stuck be­tween the bed and the wall and re­mained mo­tion­less. The ba­by was rushed to the Ma­yaro Dis­trict Health Fa­cil­i­ty where she was pro­nounced dead on ar­rival. In May, five month-old Tyrese David died at JC's Day-Care in San Fer­nan­do af­ter he was fed and placed in a crib to sleep. His death was al­so due to po­si­tion­al as­phyx­ia.