4-Year-Old Rockford Girl Drowns in Hotel Pool

GURNEE, Ill. (AP) –Authorities say a 4-year-old girl from Rockford drowned in a hotel swimming pool in Gurnee.

The Lake County coroner’s office says Rihanna Alegria was pronounced dead Friday night at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.

The girl’s mother, 26-year-old Alejandra DeLuna, tells The (Waukegan) News-Sun her daughter was staying with relatives at the hotel and jumped into the pool to join other children.

DeLuna, who was not at the hotel, says it appears no one noticed her daughter had gone under the water until it was too late.

DeLuna says her daughter was playful and was looking forward to her second year of preschool. She says the girl also overcame a heart condition and surgery as a baby, calling her a “fighter.”

Gurnee police are investigating.

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