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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
National
William Lee

Chicago police say 2 babies found dead in garbage bag in Streeterville child care center

CHICAGO — The bodies of two newborns were found discarded in the city’s Streeterville neighborhood, police said Thursday.

A witness told police that they found the bodies of the infant girls inside a bathroom of a child care center in the 400 block of East Ontario Street just before 7 p.m., according to a Chicago Police Department statement.

The children’s bodies were found in a garbage bag, according to authorities.

The two were pronounced dead at Lurie Children’s Hospital, police said. Authorities released no further details, saying they were conducting a death investigation pending an autopsy scheduled for Friday.

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