In a heartbreaking event in Ohio, an infant was found dead on a residential driveway in Cleveland. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s office verified the discovery, which occurred in the West Boulevard neighborhood, specifically on the 2200 block of W. 73rd St. The incident took place on a recent Saturday.
The Cleveland Police Department revealed that officers were initially called to the scene due to a suspected overdose around 2:17 a.m. Upon their arrival, they found Cleveland EMS personnel already tending to a 39-year-old woman. The woman was reportedly in an altered mental state, presumably under the influence of an unidentified substance.
Cleveland Police Sgt. Diaz shared that during the preliminary investigation, officers were alerted to the potential presence of an infant nearby. The officers immediately conducted a search and found the baby inside a cloth shopping bag on the driveway of the residence.
Sgt. Diaz further detailed that EMS personnel evaluated the infant at the scene and declared the child deceased. The mother, whose identity remains undisclosed, was taken to a local hospital for additional medical care.
The cause of the infant’s death is still undetermined and will be established by the medical examiner. Sgt. Diaz voiced the emotional impact such incidents have on law enforcement personnel, stating, “Officers are human beings. We are parents, grandparents, so these types of incidents are always difficult and it never gets easy. It is still difficult to see a young child lose its life.”