Baby, Reported Missing From Hospital, Found Dead at Home

The police are investigating the death of a 2-week-old baby, who was found dead in the mother's apartment. The baby had initially been reported missing from Kings County Hospital: According to the Post, the mother told ER workers "she had taken him there and wanted to see him," but when the hospital couldn't find any record of the baby, they contacted the police who went to the mother's apartment in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. The NY Times reports that the mother has two other young children, "about 2 and 3 years old." The authorities removed the children from the apartment: "They were in pajamas and seemed unstartled by the activity swirling around them: the police, the news cameras."

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By Jen Chung in News on October 27, 2008 8:15 AM

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Barbj8

#1... the children were unstartled, meaning that they were used to chaos, strangers and a psychotic mother.

Snoopy

Description of mother? Description of household?

Jen Chung

I think the mother went to the hospital, saying she wanted to see the baby she left there. The hospital couldn't find any record of the baby and reported it missing. Cops went to mother's house, as part of the investigation, and found the baby there.

WorksInDUMBO

I've read this three times now and it still doesn't make sense. WHAT happened again?

Rocknrope

Ahhhh...now I get it. The mother reported the baby missing from the hospital, but in actuality she never even delivered at Kings County. At first I was going to rail against Kings County hospital for losing a baby, but that's not the case.

Perhaps a more accurate headline is Baby Reported Missing From Hospital Found Dead.