Did these parents accidentally suffocate their children? Or did a mysterious ailment cause them to die?

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In Pinellas County, officials say Sudden Infant Death Syndrome doesn’t exist.

By Lane DeGregory Published Dec. 11

The worst day of her life started out wonderful.

A bright morning in May 2015. A Thursday.

“It was bliss,” Martí Gonzalez said, wiping her eyes. “A perfectly ordinary, perfect day.”

PATRICK

A family photo of Patrick Gonzalez taken the day he died.

While her husband was at work at a data center in Tampa, and her older son was at preschool, Martí, then 41, got to spend a few quiet hours in their St. Petersburg home with her baby.

Published by Kathryn Quigley

Associate Professor of Journalism at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ

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