Autopsy Shows No Signs of Injuries in Infant’s Death

Initial autopsy results of a 2-month-old girl, who died after she stopped breathing in a Weymouth hotel room where her family lived, showed no sign of trauma or injury consistent with foul play, according to Norfolk County District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey’s office.

In a statement from DA Morrissey, an autopsy was conducted Friday after the infant was found unresponsive on Thursday by her parents.

The child was under the watch of the state Department of Children and Families, according to the Boston Herald.

As with any unattended death, the Norfolk County District Attorney’s office was contacted along with state and local police when the child was discovered not breathing.

The baby, her parents and teenage brother lived in a second-floor room at the Super 8 motel in Weymouth, according to the Boston Herald. Motel manager Ken Smith told the Herald the family had been staying there for the past year through a program that places homeless families in hotels and motels through the Department of Transitional Assistance.

“Although final determinations, including the cause and manner of death, are listed as undetermined, pending microscopic and toxicological testing, the Medical Examiner did not find any trauma or injury to the body consistent with foul play,” Morrissey said in a statement. 

Late last month embattled Department of Children and Families Commissioner Olga Roche resigned following the deaths of two toddlers under DCF care in April.

On April 26, Bailey Irish, a 2-week-old Fitchburg baby, died while under the care of DCF officials. The girl was unresponsive and her parents brought her to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead, according to Boston.com. The cause of her death has not yet been determined.