Thapelo Andrew Kwofie was found unconscious around 3:07 p.m. Sunday, according to Montgomery County Department of Police Media Services Division.

Officers from the 5th District and Fire and Rescue personnel were dispatched to the Valley Park Court address for an unresponsive 2-year-old boy, police said.

Preliminary investigation revealed that the boy had become entangled in a drapery cord, police said.

Kwofie was transported to Shady Grove Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police said that at this stage of the investigation, it appears the boy's death was accidental.

His body will be transported to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy, police said.

Post your comments » Soldier will likely be fired after alleged desertion The Army will likely fire a Westminster soldier accused of desertion, even though his family claims he did everything he could to get back to his unit after coming home on emergency leave to care for his sick wife and newborn daughter. Crash victim's widow recalls happy years together Mary Pat Hane Kulina, widow of Stephen P. Kulina, who died in a motorcycle crash this week, said her husband was the kind of man who would keep on working until he got the job done. Fire & Police Blotter Purse theft investigated Zwinak-led Lancers win GAITHERSBURG -- At practice, Linganore running back Zach Zwinak is used to running the length of the football field. Cougars roll on with another Rout THURMONT -- The Catoctin football players stood and kneeled behind the regional championship banner on the track at the school Friday night, yelling "we're undefeated" and pumping their fists in the air as fans applauded.