7-Month-Old Baby Dies After Being Left Alone In Bathtub

CHICAGO — For the second time since June, Chicago police and DCFS are investigating after a 7-month-old infant left unattended in a bathtub has died. Police told WLS that officers were called to a South Shore apartment in the 7500 block of South Coles around 1 p.m. Sunday for a report of an unresponsive child.

The mother told police she put the child in the bathtub and left for 10 minutes. When she returned, the baby boy was not responsive, according to WLS.

Firefighters attempted CPR on the boy, who was pronounced dead at Comer Children's Hospital.

An investigation into the child's death is under way.

Just two months ago, another 7-month-old baby died in a similar incident in the South Shore neighborhood. On June 3, police said a baby boy's father went to a nearby store, leaving the infant in a bathtub. The father came back to find the boy unresponsive and rushed him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.