PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) - Police are investigating a newborn’s death after a woman taken to a Portsmouth hospital produced a bag with an infant inside.
Portsmouth Detective Misty Holley tells local media that medics responded Thursday afternoon to a home after a woman called for medical help. The woman was taken to a hospital, where she produced a bag with an unresponsive newborn inside.
Holley says the infant was pronounced dead.
The Major Crimes Unit is investigating the case as an undetermined death. A medical examiner will determine the infant’s cause of death.
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