Chicago police opened a death investigation after a newborn baby was discovered unresponsive overnight inside an apartment building on the South Side.
Around midnight Tuesday, officers were called out to an apartment building in the 4700 block of South Damen Avenue where a newborn baby was discovered unresponsive, Chicago police said.
The time of death was 10:45 p.m. Monday according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
According to police the baby was found inside a freezer at the address about midnight Tuesday. Later, police said the medical examiner’s time of death for the newborn was correct.
The newborn was taken to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead. An autopsy performed on Tuesday determined that the child died of intrauterine fetal demise.
The circumstance surrounding the infants death are under investigation. There was no additional information immediately available.
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