Cause of death pending for infant found in Dolton shed
Posted June 09, 2017 7:00 am
DOLTON, Ill. (AP) - The Cook County medical examiner says the cause of death is pending more study for an infant found in a shed in south-suburban Chicago.
The medical examiner's office said Friday morning that the infant remains unidentified. The infant's body was found Wednesday in Dolton (DOHL'-tuhn) where police say residents were cleaning out the shed after smelling a foul odor.
Authorities said a bag was found and when it was opened, the infant's decomposing body was discovered. Dolton Police Chief Robert Collins tells The Daily Southtown that the child was wrapped in a blanket. He said police collected evidence and took photos before giving the body to the medical examiner for autopsy.
Collins called it "a suspicious death."
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