More than $150,000 has been raised for the funeral of a toddler who died after wandering away from his grandmother's Toronto apartment in the bitter cold.
Elijah Marsh was found in a nearby backyard on Thursday morning - six hours after leaving the building wearing just a T-shirt and diaper as temperatures plunged to -4F (-20 C).
The little boy was rushed to hospital and police announced his death several hours later.
The news was a 'gut-wrenching moment' for Justin Kozuch, 36, a Toronto reporter with two children - so he decided to launch a fundraising campaign on Tilt.com for the boy's family.
Last seen: Security footage from the building shows him pushing his way through the apartment building's front door just after 4am, when the temperature in the area was -2F, but with windchill it felt more like -18F
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