Losing your child is unfathomable and quite devastating.
Viktorija Mardosiene, a UK-based mom, suffered cardiac arrest and died just hours after her baby died last year.
Mardosiene's 5-month-old son, Kevin Deguitas, wasn't breathing and had gone cold when emergency services arrived at her home. He was pronounced dead after being taken to Royal Stoke University Hospital.
After her son's death, she committed herself to a mental health ward due to her extreme grief.
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Duncan Richie, the coroner in North Staffordshire, where Mardosiene lived with Kevin, has closed inquests into their deaths, stating that he needed further information.
"When we approached Viktorija to make inquiries, she said, 'No English.' We kept some distance. She was on the phone to the baby's father, asking, 'Is my baby dead?' She began to cry," PC Tyler Lowe explained during a hearing into Kevin's death.
"We heard how she had taken the baby to bed, sleeping, at 11 p.m. At 1:34 a.m. we heard doctors had ceased CPR and stopped life care. Viktorija was then conveyed to hospital," PC Tyler Lowe said.
Craig Flowers of the Staffordshire Police's child protection unit was called upon to also make a statement.
"It would be fair to say the house was found in some state of disarray. I went to the address the day after and can confirm she was sleeping in a double bed. There were empty cans of alcohol in the bedroom," he explained.
He also added that the woman was in a "understandably upset state."
"She was screaming, shouting, and rocking back and forth screaming 'Kill me,'" Flowers added.
Mardosiene was given a breathalyzer test at the scene; her blood alcohol level was five points higher than the DUI limit.
When emergency services arrived on the scene, they found Mardosiene was sleeping in a double bed. Now authorities think the mother and son were sleeping together and that Kevin's death was accidental.
"What we are left with is a baby who has died co-sleeping with a parent. There is no specific medical cause of death after a comprehensive autopsy," consulting pediatric pathologist Dr. Roger Malcomson said.
"With the debate of if this was a natural or unnatural death, I don't think there is sufficient evidence to suggest either way," he added.
During Mardosiene's time at the mental health facility, she complained of chest pains.
"She was met by the deputy ward manager and had periods where she was distressed and crying uncontrollably. However, she did engage well with the service. She had an elevated blood pressure," psychiatric specialist Dr. Oluwafemi Popoola explained.
She was given a safe dosage of diazepam, which is a sedative, but she had no other drugs or alcohol in her system according to the toxicology report.
Fourteen hours after the death of her son, Kevin, Mardosiene collapsed suddenly and was declared dead. Dr. Andrew Hitchcock, a pathologist for the coroner, conducted a postmortem examination and said, "On the balance of probability, I cannot identify exactly what the medical cause of death," Hitchcock said.
