Baby dies, incident under investigation

THE DRUMS STAFF

May 09, 2008 at 11:27AM AKST

The Bethel Police Department received a report at 10:20 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, of a 3-month-old baby not breathing at a residence on Ptarmigan Street.

Officers responded, along with Bethel emergency medics, who started performing CPR and took the infant to the emergency room of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital.

At the hospital, the baby was pronounced dead.

The cause of death has not been determined; however, preliminary investigation reveals alcohol may have been a factor in the baby’s death.

The state medical examiner’s office was contacted, and the body was flown to Anchorage for further examination. The death remains under investigation.

Next of kin was notified.