BOYNTON BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Boynton Beach Police on Wednesday released an image of the toy kitchen that apparently killed a three year old girl. Police issued this statement to BocaNewsNow.com:
“The kitchen play set involved in the 3-year-old’s death has no identifying markings indicating its brand, make, or model. However, similar “Country Living Kitchen” replica sets are currently sold online for approximately $100. The set involved in this incident had previously been purchased through Facebook Marketplace.
This investigation remains active and ongoing. The Boynton Beach Police Department will not be making any additional statements at this time.”
This is our initial reporting:
>> A 3-year-old child has died after being found unresponsive at a home in the Meadows of Boynton Beach community last month. Boynton Beach Police were dispatched to the area just after 11 a.m. on July 23 for reports of a toddler who was not breathing. Officers arrived, located the child, and immediately began life-saving measures. Boynton Beach Fire Rescue took over and rushed the toddler to a local hospital, where they had been listed in critical condition. Police now confirm the child has died.
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Investigators say the toddler and a sibling had been at a babysitter’s house at the time of the incident. The babysitter had stepped out and left the children in the care of their spouse. The spouse stayed upstairs while the children played downstairs, coming down periodically to check on them and hand out snacks. During one of those checks, the spouse found the 3-year-old with their head stuck inside a kitchen play set. The spouse pulled the child free and began performing life-saving measures until first responders arrived.
According to police, the toddler’s sibling told investigators that the child’s toys had fallen into the play kitchen set, and the toddler got stuck while trying to retrieve them. <<
