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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.