ALEXANDRIA POLICE DEPARTMENT
Public Information Office
2003 Mill Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
703.838.4636
NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 2, 2005 11:00 A.M.
Alexandria Police Investigate Death of Baby
Today, 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 indicates that the baby was in the care of a baby-sitter when he stopped breathing. Detectives are investigating the case and an autopsy will determine the cause and manner of death.