8-Year-Old Girl Found Dead after Mom’s Frantic Search throughout the Hotel – The Circumstances Are Heartbreaking
[Left] Aliyah Jaico. [Right] Aliyah Jaico and her mother | Source: Facebook/XOGODDESS
Aliyah Lynette Jaico, 8, died after she was “violently sucked” into a Houston hotel’s swimming pool drain pipe last weekend. The girl’s mother had since filed a lawsuit.
Aliyah Jaico, who died in a swimming pool at a Houston hotel late in March 2024 | Source: YouTube/FOX 26 Houston
Saturday, March 23, was a day like any other as Aliyah enjoyed one of her favorite activities – swimming until a heartbreaking tragedy struck.
8-year-old Aliyah before she tragically died in a hotel pool in March 2024 | Source: Facebook/Daniela Jaico
Aliyah, who turned 8 on January 13, loved being in the water and was last seen swimming with other family members before she seemingly disappeared.
Aliyah Jaico loved swimming before she died in March 2024 | Source: Facebook/Daniela Jaico
When her mother, Jose Daniela Jaico Ahumada, noticed Aliyah’s absence, she “frantically” started searching for her young daughter, before asking hotel management around 5:20 p.m. to look at the surveillance footage.
A view of the swimming pool at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel where an 8-year-old girl drowned in March 2024 | Source: YouTube/FOX 26 Houston
Hotel management reportedly denied the request, stating that “police would have to be present to view the video surveillance.”
Aliyah Jaico enjoying water-based activities before she tragically died in March 2024 | Source: Facebook/Daniela Jaico
However, when the footage was reviewed, a team found that Aliyah had never left the swimming pool. Shockingly, the young girl’s body had been “wedged in the pipes.”
The outlet that sucked in the 8-year-old girl being investigated | Source: YouTube/FOX 26 Houston
“This is one of the saddest ones we’ve seen in a good while,” said the founder of Texas EquuSearch, Tim Miller.
