ALEXANDRIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Public Information Office
2003 Mill Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
703.838.4636
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 3, 2005 #05-023
1:45 P.M. CRAWFORD
Autopsy Results of Baby Death Case Completed
An autopsy into the death of a four-month-old boy was completed this morning. Preliminary results indicate that this was a Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) case.
Yesterday morning, at 9:05 a.m., police were called to the 1000 block of Gibbon Street to assist medics with an infant who was not breathing. The baby, a four-month-old boy, was transported to Inova Alexandria Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:43 a.m.
Initial investigation indicated that the baby was in the care of a baby-sitter when he stopped breathing. Detectives will now be completing their investigation and will submit their findings to the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office for final review.
For further details, please call the Public Information Office.
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