THE parents of a four-day infant, who died under suspicious circumstances, are in custody. According to police, the parents– a 27-year-old housewife and a 52-year-old driver– both from an East Bank Demerara community, are assisting with investigations after the baby died around 18:05hrs on Monday evening.

Reports are that the infant was pronounced dead on arrival at the New Amsterdam Hospital after she was found crying uncontrollably. According to the police, the 27-year-old mother had, earlier in the day, left the baby in the care of her 52-year-old father and her eight-year-old sibling in a car as she went for a follow-up visit to a doctor.

The mother related that when she returned from the doctor, the infant was crying uncontrollably and was only clad in her underpants and pampers.

The dress the child had on was taken off.

The mother then fed the child, who she fell asleep, as the family made their way to a West Berbice relative where the mother was planning to spend a few days until she recovered from the pregnancy.

After dropping the mother and children off, the father left and later in the afternoon, the infant awoke and began crying again and was struggling to breathe. The mother and relative immediately took the baby to the New Amsterdam Hospital which pronounced the infant dead on arrival.

The body of the baby is at the New Amsterdam Mortuary awaiting a post-mortem.