3-month-old infant dies after incident at Black Hawk casino resort

Denver7 · Aug 18, 2026 · 145 words · By Robert Garrison

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What to know about 3-month-old infant dies after incident at Black Hawk casino resort

— A 3-month-old infant died after an incident at the Ameristar Casino Resort in Black Hawk Saturday morning, prompting an investigation by local and state authorities.

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What happened

— A 3-month-old infant died after an incident at the Ameristar Casino Resort in Black Hawk Saturday morning, prompting an investigation by local and state authorities.

Why it matters

Black Hawk police said on Tuesday that officers and paramedics were called to a hotel room at the casino around 7 a.m.

Common ground

for what authorities described as "an incident involving an infant." The child was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead.

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Claim 1: “Black Hawk police said on Tuesday that officers and paramedics were called to a hotel room at the casino around 7 a.m. for what authorities described as 'an incident involving an infant.'”

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While the event itself is corroborated, the specific detail that police spoke 'on Tuesday' and the exact time of '7 a.m.' is not explicitly mentioned in the provided evidence snippets, although the general incident is confirmed.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ameristar Casino Resort Spa Black Hawk is a casino and hotel in Black Hawk, Colorado, owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameristar_Black_Hawk

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ameristar Casinos, Inc. was a casino operator based in Paradise, Nevada. It was acquired by Pinnacle Entertainment in 2013. The company had eight properties in seven markets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameristar_Casinos

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Monarch Casino Resort Spa is a casino resort in Black Hawk, Colorado. It is owned and operated by Monarch Casino & Resort Inc. The property includes a 64,000 sq ft (5,900 m2) casino and a 23-story hot…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_Casino_Resort_Spa

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Claim 2: “A 3-month-old infant died after an incident at the Ameristar Casino Resort in Black Hawk Saturday morning”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that a three-month-old infant died following an incident at the Ameristar Casino Resort in Black Hawk on a Saturday morning.

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Claim 3: “The child was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead.”

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Multiple independent sources explicitly state that the child was taken to a hospital and subsequently pronounced dead.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles is a riverboat casino located on the Missouri River in St. Charles, Missouri, a northwestern suburb of St. Louis. It is one of several casinos in the greater St…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameristar_Casino_Resort_Spa_St…

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Claim 4: “The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the First Judicial District Attorney's Office are assisting Black Hawk police.”

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Two independent web search results confirm that both the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the First Judicial District Attorney's Office are assisting the Black Hawk police in the investigation.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Colorado is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is part of the Southwestern United States, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the United States Depart…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI; also known as a private detective, an inquiry agent or informally a private eye) is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake inv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_investigator

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