The lifeless day-old baby dropped off at a Manhattan hospital by his mother last year was exposed to fentanyl and stuffed in a plastic bag, the city medical examiner’s office revealed Friday.
The tragic newborn — known only as “John Doe” Santiago-Sanchez — died of exposure to the potent drug and his placement in the plastic bag, officials said.
The baby boy was unconscious and unresponsive when he was found at New York-Presbyterian/ Columbia University Irving Medical Center Nov. 21, 2024, police said.
The boy’s mom had given birth just a day earlier at her home on West 143rd Street near Riverside Drive in Hamilton Heights, according to law enforcement sources.
Hospital staff called the cops, and, after more than a year, the ME’s office said this week that the death of the full-term infant was ruled a homicide.
No arrests had been made by Friday, and the investigation was ongoing, cops said.
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