B.C. RCMP says the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit (VIIMCU) is investigating the sudden death of a baby girl in Sooke.
The BC Coroners Service confirmed the infant died on July 22 and said it is in the early stages of its own investigation.
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“Our fact-finding investigation will determine how, where, when and by what means the female infant came to her death,” a spokesperson said in a statement to Global News Thursday.
The coroner added it cannot provide details about the identity of the infant, citing privacy laws.
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RCMP said the death has not been deemed suspicious, adding they and the VIIMCU are only investigating it as a sudden death for now.
Police also couldn’t yet say how the baby died, or how she was found.
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