Aliyah Jaico’s family has invited the public to attend the visitation and funeral services held for the little girl who drowned after getting stuck in a pool pipe at a Houston hotel over the weekend.
A visitation for Aliyah is taking place today from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at Funeraria Del Angel along the North Freeway. Following the visitation, a graveside service is being from 2 p.m. until 2:30 p.m at Brookside Memorial Funeral Home and Cemetery off the Eastex Freeway in northeast Houston.
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Aliyah’s obituary, listed on dignitymemorial.com reads:
“Aliyah, era una niña sonriente que le gustaban los animales, los gatos y perros. Le encantaba estar en el agua, en la playa, el rio, las albercas. Disfrutaba los dia soleados y afuera. Tambien jugar “Roblox’s” casi todas la tarde se conectaba y jugaba con sus amigas, tia, y primas. Se daba a querer con todos y cuando la conocias aprendias a quererla y amarla. Sus comida favoritas era el sushi, los camarones y el boba. Y siempre jugaba con Amber.”
“Aliyah was a girl who was always smiling, who liked animals, cats and dogs. She loved being in the water, on the beach, the river, the pools. She enjoyed sunny days and outdoors. She also played “Roblox’s” almost every afternoon, connecting and playing with her friends, aunt and cousins. She loved everyone and when you met her you learned to love her and love her. Her favorite foods were sushi, shrimp and boba. And she was always playing with Amber.”
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission confirms to KPRC 2 they’ve launched a federal investigation into the drowning death of Aliyah Jaico at DoubleTree by Hilton on Saturday.
The body of eight-year-old Aliyah was discovered wedged deep into a pool pipe at the DoubleTree by Hilton Houston Brookhollow, located at Northwest Freeway and Pinemont Drive, after being drained on Saturday evening by first responders.
Investigators with the USCPSC were at the pool this week to determine if a product regulated by the agency may be connected to the death and if the pool complied with the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act.
A recent inspection report by the City of Houston’s Health Department uncovered significant violations at a northwest Houston hotel lazy river pool, prompting the closure of the pool due to multiple violations. Subsequent inspections on Tuesday revealed additional violations.
The hotel’s lazy river pool was built in 2018, according to City of Houston records but the plans approved by the city lacked a major component: the system that made it function as a lazy river. The components of the lazy river system - the large pipe openings and the pumps - were not part of the approved construction plans and they had not been inspected before Jaico’s tragic death, Houston Health Department inspector Curtis Cagle said.
“We approved the construction plans but we didn’t approve all the items that were actually constructed on site,” Cagle told only KPRC 2 a day after he made the discovery.