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Preschool-aged child’s death under investigation: London police

FILE PHOTO. Matthew Trevithick / Global News

London police say members of its major crime section are working with the office of the chief coroner to investigate the death of a young child over the weekend.

Police say officers and paramedics responded to a 911 call at a residence on Nelson Street, east of Adelaide Street, at roughly 1:15 p.m. Sunday.

According to police, first responders “located a child who was pronounced dead at the scene.”

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Police have not provided any other details about the child, except to say they were “pre-school aged.”

An autopsy was performed on Monday, police add, and the “cause and manner of death” have not yet been determined.

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Police ask anyone with information about this incident to contact them at (519) 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

More information to come.

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