Crime & Safety

Cook County Medical Examiner Says 6-Month-Old Baby Girl Died Of Child Abuse

The infant was found unresponsive Saturday morning in a residence in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood

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Chicago police are investigating the death of a 6-month-old infant who died of multiple injuries resulting from child abuse.
Chicago police are investigating the death of a 6-month-old infant who died of multiple injuries resulting from child abuse. (Lorraine Swanson | Patch)

CHICAGO — Chicago police are investigating the death of a 6-month-old baby girl who was discovered unresponsive in a residence on the city’s South Side.

A few minutes after 11 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to a home in the 7200 block of South Winchester Avenue in the West Englewood neighborhood. The baby girl was transported to Comer Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead about 45 minutes later.

The Cook County Medical Examiner identified the infant as Kloe Sophia Bastos Castilles. An autopsy performed on Sunday that the baby died of multiple injuries resulting from child abuse and ruled her death a homicide.

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No arrests relating to the baby's death have been made.

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