Police investigate death of 9-year-old Mansfield girl who had gone into cardiac arrest

Mansfield police are investigating the death of a 9-year-old girl who went into cardiac arrest Saturday.

Melodi Sneed died at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Mansfield Methodist Hospital, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office said. That office did not release the cause or manner of her death.

The investigation of her death was ongoing, a police department spokesman said.

Police and paramedics were called to the house where the girl lived, in the 4200 block of Eagle Drive, about an hour before she was pronounced dead.

Melodi was in cardiac arrest, and someone was performing CPR on her, police said.

This story was originally published July 27, 2019 at 10:15 PM.