Dead Newborn Found At USC Student Housing Complex

LOS ANGELES, CA — A newborn baby was found dead at a student housing complex at USC this week.

Officers responded to the 3100 block of McClintock Avenue, west of Hoover Street Monday night, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The address is the location of the Cardinal Gardens Apartments off-campus housing.

The baby was 19 hours old, but full-term, according to the Los Angeles County Office of Medical Examiner, which identified the child but was investigating the cause of death.

"At this time, it is being classified as an undetermined death pending the coroner's investigation," a police spokesman said.

The baby was pronounced dead at the scene, according to KTLA.

Hours before the baby was found, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the same location in response to a 20-year-old woman who was having difficulty breathing. She was transported to a local hospital at around 6 p.m., KTLA reported.

About an hour later, a report on the Citizen app — which allows residents to share information about public safety matters in their neighborhood — indicated that a child had been left alone in an apartment in the complex, USC's Annenberg Media reported.

Officers responded, and the case was logged in the LAPD's records at around 1:30 a.m., Annenberg reported.

Authorities have not said whether the two calls were connected.

City News Service contributed to this report.