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Police are investigating the deaths of two babies who died two days apart at their homes in Point Fortin and Guapo.
In the first incident, a three-month-old girl was discovered dead by her mother on Saturday. The 23-year-old woman told police that around 12.30 am, she breastfed her baby and put her to sleep at their home in Sugar Hill, Point Fortin. Hours later, around 7.27 am, she checked on the infant and found her unresponsive. She called for an ambulance, but emergency medical technicians were unable to revive the baby. When police arrived, they observed the child, dressed in a yellow onesie, lying on her back. The house did not have electricity.
In the second incident, a 10-day-old boy was found unresponsive by his mother around 2 am yesterday. The 38-year-old mother told police that she had breastfed her son around 7 pm on Sunday and put him to sleep at their John Charles Trace, Guapo home. She discovered him unresponsive when she woke up to use the washroom. She also called for an ambulance, but the baby, dressed in a blue and white onesie, was already dead by the time the EHS team arrived.
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