was suffering from multiple health problems, including pneumonia and an intestinal disease, an autopsy determined.
"Her extremely low weight and length for her age at 0.2 and 1.2 growth percentiles per the World Health Organization Child Growth Standards was a significant contributing factor in her death," Cannon wrote in a press release.Jismary began feeling ill as her family boarded the bus in Texas, but at that point she had only a low-grade fever, according to Cannon.
The bus pulled over in Marion County after her mother discovered Jismary was unconscious and unresponsive. A security guard on the bus called 911, and she was taken to the hospital, as emergency crews tried to revive her. She was pronounced dead after she arrived at the hospital.. The Illinois Welcoming Center, a partially state-funded program, helped cover burial costs for Jismary.