Overview

• On July 12, the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office officially classified Kiere’s death as accidental and found no evidence of foul play
• Family members discovered the two-year-old entangled in a corded window blind inside a Hampton Inn room during a holiday weekend reunion
• First responders from Birmingham Police, Birmingham Fire and Rescue, and Rocky Ridge Fire Department performed CPR and transported him to Children’s Hospital Kiere remained on life support until he died at 11:58 p.m. on July 10 after six days of critical care
• The Hampton Inn has not replied to media inquiries as safety advocates urge hotels to replace corded window coverings with cordless or self-retracting designs