An infant boy died a day after being released from the Queens hospital where he was treated for a kidney issue and possible hypothermia, law enforcement sources say.
The 3-month-old child was found unconscious and unresponsive at a home in South Ozone Park after noon Tuesday, according to police. He was taken to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police say there was no obvious sign of trauma. The medical examiner's office will determine a cause of death.
"We don't know enough as to why the baby died. We don't know about the history," Mayor de Blasio said Wednesday. "The child was in foster care, so obviously there was a government intervention to put the child in foster case. But we need to learn more."
The baby had just been taken in by his new foster parents after being hospitalized last month for severe dehydration, according to law enforcement sources.
Neighbors say the foster parents are "good people." A woman living at the home declined to speak to News 4.
"I know them for a few years, and they've always had foster kids," said Francisco Aybar.
"My prayer goes out to them, and the litte boy. Tragic," said Aybar.
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Another neighbor who asked to remain anonymous told News 4, "The children that she's fostered have always been well cared-for, well-dressed. You see them going to school on time, she picked them up. No signs of mistreatment at all."
A message was left with child services.
