BRIEFLY AUTHORITIES PROBE DEATH OF INFANT.LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - Homicide homicide (hŏm`əsīd), in law, the taking of human life. Homicides that are neither justifiable nor excusable are considered crimes. A criminal homicide committed with malice is known as murder, otherwise it is called manslaughter. investigators are looking into the death of a 9-month-old Lancaster girl late Tuesday night, officials said. Vauntra Nelson died just after 10 p.m. at Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Hospital, where she was brought by a parent. Sheriff's deputies were summoned by hospital officials, but authorities said at this point that they haven't yet determined how the baby died. They say they do not know whether the death might be a case of sudden infant death syndrome sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or crib death, sudden, unexpected, and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year of age (usually between two weeks and eight months old). or might have resulted from some other natural cause. Coroner's officials said an autopsy was expected to be done Wednesday or today. - Daily News |
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