Arizona toddler declared dead after near-drowning was alive for hours in ‘cold room’, records say

Officers say they saw signs of life multiple times, and after hospital treated the child, he was taken to hospital's morgue

A toddler who was declared dead after being discovered in a backyard pool in February was actually alive and found hours later in a room that serves as the hospital morgue, recently released police records show.

Two Gilbert police officers saw possible signs of life multiple times, but the child was still taken to the hospital's cold room" after being treated by staff, according to the documents.