By Associated Press - Saturday, June 24, 2017

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York City medical examiner’s office is investigating the deaths of two month-old baby girls in Queens and the Bronx.

Police responded to a 911 call about an unconscious child on 238th Street in Queens at about 6 a.m. Saturday. Anayah-Lynn Howard was taken to Long Island Jewish Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Officers responded to another 911 call on Clay Avenue in the Bronx just before 9 a.m. and found Lexi Ortiz unconscious and unresponsive. She was pronounced dead at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital.



No other information has been released regarding their deaths. No arrests have been made.

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