4-month-old girl dies after boat ride on 49-degree day in Lake Havasu

The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona is investigating the death of a little girl earlier this month after her parents took her on a boating trip in temperatures over 120 degrees Fahrenheit.

The four-month-old baby lost consciousness shortly after 5 p.m. on July 5 on a boat on Lake Havasu, a reservoir on the border between Mohave County and San Bernardino County in California, the agency said in a statement.

The toddler was taken to Havasu Regional Medical Center in Lake Havasu City for treatment of heat-related illness and was pronounced dead after being transferred to Phoenix Children’s Hospital, the department said.

Mohave Sheriff’s officials did not name the parents or the child, but a GoFundMe Account identified the mother as Alyssa Wroblewski and the girl as Tanna Rae.

The baby’s father, identified by the “Today’s show as Matthew, is said to be a law enforcement officer in the Inland Empire. State records indicate he is a police detective.

Alyssa Wroblewski did not respond to a request for comment Thursday.

The infant’s death occurred in the midst of a Warning of excessive heat in Mohave County. Temperatures around Lake Havasu regularly rise well above triple digits in the summer, reaching 49 degrees on July 5, according to data from the National Weather Service.

According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, more than 4,426 people in the state went to the emergency room for heat-related illnesses last year, including 215 people in Mohave County.

The recent heat wave also claimed the life of a 2-year-old girl in Marana, Arizona, southeast of Phoenix, after her father left her sleeping in a car with the air conditioning on while he ran into the house, according to the Marana Police Department. According to police, the vehicle stopped at some point.

The Wroblewskis’ GoFundMe post says they were spending a day at the lake when Tanna lost consciousness. Her parents tried to resuscitate her before Lake Havasu City Fire Department arrived.

“Our precious little girl gave us her last smile and we gave her our last kisses,” the post said. “We will never understand why you had to go so soon, you were just too perfect.”

The GoFundMe account featured photos of the family, including one of baby Tanna smiling broadly and wearing a monster truck onesie with a bow on her head.

Shortly after the child’s death, Alyssa Wroblewski posted a tribute to her on Facebook, according to the “Today” show.

“These are the last photos I took of you before you left us,” Wroblewski wrote in the July 8 post. “Your smile radiated joy. … I never thought there would be a day in my life without you.”

Wroblewski said the family is struggling to comprehend what happened that day.

Her post from July 8 has since been made private or deleted. Some Facebook users had criticized Wroblewski and her husband for going boating with the toddler in such high temperatures, so KSLA News 12.