Police are investigating the death of a 7-month-old boy found unresponsive Thursday morning in the boy’s Chicago Heights home, authorities said.
Results are pending from an autopsy performed Friday on Julius Roberts of the 1600 block of Hanover Street, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Chicago Heights police were called just after 9 a.m. Thursday to the home for a report of a child who was not breathing, police said in a press release. Officers who arrived found the baby unresponsive, according to the release.
The Chicago Heights Fire Department was called to help the baby, police said. The infant was taken to St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights and pronounced dead about 9:50 a.m., Thursday, police said.
The Illinois State Police Crime Scene Services were called to process the scene.
Anyone with information about the death is asked to call the Chicago Heights Police Detective Division at 708-756-6422.
Nick Swedberg is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.