Arizona toddler declared dead was found alive in the morgue

The 18-month-old boy was pronounced dead after a near-drowning but was found breathing hours later in a hospital morgue.

At 6:20 p.m. on Super Bowl Sunday, an Arizona toddler was pronounced dead in an emergency room.

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At 11:52 p.m., the boy was found breathing in a hospital morgue.

What happened during that nearly six-hour period — and the circumstances that led to the near-drowning of 18-month-old Vincent Lorenzo Fiordilino in a pool — are now under investigation by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.