(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.