{"id":509684,"date":"2026-06-02T10:07:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/tragedy-in-puerto-plata-three-year-old-girl-dies-after-falling-into-a-swimming-pool\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:07:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:07:51","slug":"tragedy-in-puerto-plata-three-year-old-girl-dies-after-falling-into-a-swimming-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/tragedy-in-puerto-plata-three-year-old-girl-dies-after-falling-into-a-swimming-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy in Puerto Plata: three-year-old girl dies after falling into a swimming pool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Puerto Plata.<\/strong>– The accidental death of Amanda Michelle Maldonado, a three-year-old girl, has caused deep sorrow in the Jarabacoa community and among thousands of social media users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to preliminary information, the incident occurred while the family was staying at a villa in the Puerto Plata province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The minor was the daughter of businessman Manuel Maldonado, known as “Manny”, and content creator Guillersis Claudio, popularly known on social media as “La Negra del Swing”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the versions released, the girl was resting in a room and had allegedly woken up while her mother was attending to her younger brother. Presumably, upon leaving the house after spotting a cat, she fell into the residence’s swimming pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The little girl was found without vital signs. Despite the efforts made to resuscitate her, it was not possible to save her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The authorities are investigating the circumstances under which the incident occurred, although the available information points to an accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wake in Jarabacoa<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Amanda Michelle’s remains were taken to Jarabacoa, where family, friends, and loved ones gathered to bid her a final farewell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wake was held at the Don Bosco Funeral Home starting at 4:30 in the afternoon this Monday, according to people close to the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news has generated numerous expressions of solidarity and condolences on social media, where “La Negra del Swing” has a large community of followers who accompany her family and daily content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Puerto Plata.– The accidental death of Amanda Michelle Maldonado, a three-year-old girl, has caused deep sorrow in the Jarabacoa community and among thousands of social media users. According to preliminary information, the incident occurred while the family was staying at a villa in the Puerto Plata province. The minor was the daughter of businessman Manuel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":509686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[43601,40231,14363,43735],"class_list":["post-509684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dominican-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-dominican-republic","tag-puerto-plata","tag-thenewspaperoftruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-28AI","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/nina-muerta-de-tres-anos.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/nina-muerta-de-tres-anos.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}