i'm so sorry for your loss. even if it wasn't your child that's a very sad situation. it's really tough to know what all could have been wrong - even if they hadn't died by choking they could have gotten fluid in their lungs (aspiration) and that could have indeed caused death. i would want to know what they got into. if they cried when they walked or stood and had the other issues you were talking about there could have been some kind of profound birth defect that might have meant they weren't going to survive long anyway. could that be why the autopsy is taking so long? could they perhaps be trying to figure out what the problem was? unfortunately even autopsies don't always reveal what the issue was if it was neurological for example. i would want to know why they called it strangulation too. if the child was found clutching at their throat for example they might suspect choking on an object - but the child might have done that if they had been having trouble breathing too. keep in mind that 'strangulation' can have different meanings. it can mean they were strangled by someone or that they choked and strangled on something or it can mean that there was internal strangulation like with a hernia and a loop of bowel. you need better definitions before you will have an answer. once again you have my sympathy and i hope you can find some definitive answers.
is it possible for a child to die from choking a day after it happen? is aspiration a sign of strangulation? . . child of 20 months old died from what looked to be strangulation but theryre not sure? is there something called aspiration or something else that would show false signs of strangulation? . why would a child have cold skin all the time developmental issues cry everytime they walked or stand have diarrhea every day for the past 5 months? what could cause death? why would the preliminary autopsy state strangulation but the final autopsy isn't here after 7 months? why?