(L.A.) Francisco Villafuerte, a Baby, Died in a Hospital
Case Number: 2000-04294
Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a Hispanic male that occurred in a hospital.
The coroner’s office has identified the infant boy as Francisco Villafuerte.
Manner of Death: Natural
Cause of Death A: Sequale of Hydrocephalus
Cause of Death B: Spinal Bifida
Cause of Death C: Multiple Cogenital Anomalies
RIP FRANCISCO VILLAFUERTE (January 4, 2000 – June 14, 2000)
Formal pronouncement of death was made on Wednesday at 10:27 a.m.
The child was five months old.
Spina bifida (Latin for ‘split spine’) is a birth defect in which there is incomplete closing of the spine and the membranes around the spinal cord during early development in pregnancy.