Woman sought after 3-year-old dropped off at hospital dies

ByPhil Taitt WABC logo
Monday, March 10, 2025
Dead toddler dropped off at Brooklyn hospital
Phil Taitt has the latest in East Flatbush.

EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Police are searching for a woman who dropped off a dead toddler at a Brooklyn hospital.

Officials say she handed the lifeless three-year-old boy to staff at SUNY Downstate Hospital in East Flatbush Sunday afternoon.

Doctors pronounced the child dead and noted that he had physical trauma to his body. Detectives believe he may have been beaten.

Meanwhile, the woman drove away in a car with unknown man.

Police are attempting to identify them and are canvasing the area for surveillance images of the couple and their car.

The medical examiner will determine the cause of death.

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