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Edmonton baby girl dies of blunt-force head injury, homicide investigation underway

An Edmonton Police Service vehicle on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Global News

The Edmonton Police Service is investigating the death of a baby who died after she was admitted to hospital last week.

Police said on March 7, a five-month-old girl was admitted to the Stollery Children’s Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

She was declared dead on March 11.

The EPS child protection section started investigating the injuries the day after she was admitted to hospital.

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An autopsy was performed Thursday, which found the girl’s manner of death was blunt-force trauma to the head and it was being treated as a homicide, said police.

No charges or suspects were announced.

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Police said homicide detectives are working with the child protection section and no further information is available.

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