Dead baby found in bicycle basket had been stabbed, New Orleans police say

Published 10:53 pm Saturday, July 17, 2021

A baby found dead Saturday evening in New Orleans had been stabbed, police said.

A woman was also taken away from the scene for further evaluation, according to a New Orleans police news release. Police said no other details about what happened were immediately available.

The baby was found in the basket of a bicycle, news outlets reported.

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The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office was expected to perform an autopsy on the infant to determine the official cause of death.

Neither the baby nor the woman were identified.