CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) - Clovis police say they’re investigating the death of an 18-month-old boy as a homicide.
They say the child’s mother brought him to the Plains Regional Medical Center early Monday. The boy was unresponsive and emergency room staffers were unable to revive him.
Police say the child had multiple suspicious injuries, which prompted the investigation.
Police Captain Patrick Whitney says details of the injuries are being withheld so as not to jeopardize the investigation. He also declined to release the child’s name.
The Office of the Medical Investigator in Albuquerque will do an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Police are interviewing the child’s mother, other children from the home and other possible witnesses. State child protective services officials have also been notified.
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