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D.C. police investigating death of infant in Northwest Washington D.C. police investigating death of infant in Northwest Washington
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D.C. police are investigating the death of an infant who was found Wednesday morning unresponsive inside a residence in Northwest Washington where there were other children but no adults present, according to a department spokesman. D.C. police are investigating the death of an infant boy who was found Wednesday morning unresponsive inside a residence in Northwest Washington where there were other children but no adults present, according to a department spokesman.
Police said there were six siblings under age 10 in the house at the time, all unsupervised, including the infant. Police said one of the children alerted police about the infant, and that a parent was later located and was being questioned.Police said there were six siblings under age 10 in the house at the time, all unsupervised, including the infant. Police said one of the children alerted police about the infant, and that a parent was later located and was being questioned.
Officers were called about 8 a.m. to the first block of Van Buren Street at North Capitol Street in the Takoma neighborhood. The infant was taken to a hospital, where it was pronounced dead, said the spokesman, Dustin Sternbeck. Authorities have not released the name of the dead boy. Dustin Sternbeck, a D.C. police spokesman, said the boy was under 1 years old.
Sternbeck said there were no obvious signs of trauma on the body but that a cause of death would have to be determined by a medical examiner. That had not been done as of Wednesday afternoon. The house is a two-story brick duplex with a burgundy and white awning and a sign in a window proclaiming,”Stop, Redskins Country.” Wednesday evening, there was a car seat on the front porch, a stroller on the front walk and a second stroller in the back yard.
Mindy Good, a spokeswoman for the D.C. Child and Family Services Agency, said her office is conducting an investigation into why the children were alone in the house. She declined to provide other details, nor would she say if the family has come under scrutiny before.
Officers were called about 8 a.m. to the first block of Van Buren Street at North Capitol Street in the Takoma neighborhood. The infant was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Sternbeck said.
Sternbeck said there were no obvious signs of trauma on the body but that a cause of death would have to be determined by a medical examiner. That had not been done as of Wednesday evening.
Police declined to release other information, including where in the house the infant was found.Police declined to release other information, including where in the house the infant was found.
Aaron Davis contributed to this report. Aaron C. Davis contributed to this report.