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Newborn baby found dead in restroom at New Mexico hospital, police investigation underway
View Date:2024-12-25 12:18:41
Police in New Mexico are investigating after they said a dead baby was found in a hospital restroom last week.
According to a release from law enforcement, hospital staff found the baby's body at Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital in Hobbs, a city in southeast New Mexico about five miles from the Texas state line.
The Hobbs Police Department reported officers responded to the hospital for a report of a dead baby and learned a 16-year-old girl, accompanied by her mother, was being treated at the hospital, located about 110 miles southeast of Roswell, New Mexico.
Hospital staff later found the unresponsive newborn in the restroom area of the teen's hospital room.
The baby's body was taken to Albuquerque for an autopsy by the Office of the Medical Investigator who will determine the child's cause and manner of death.
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So far no arrest in the case announced
Police did not say whether the teen had been charged in connection to the child's death.
The case remained under investigation on Monday.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to contact Hobbs police.
Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior correspondent for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter @nataliealund.
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