AS an investigation into the death of the four-day-old infant continues, a post mortem (PM) performed on the baby’s body has not revealed evidence of sexual penetration.

The police had released a report suggesting that the child had been sexually molested when she was examined by doctors and crime-scene technicians on Monday.

The cause of death has not yet been revealed by the post mortem performed by Dr. Vivekanand Bridgmohan, who said “there is no sign of forced penetration… since they were no bruises or laceration”.

The post mortem was witnessed by the 27-year-old mother of the infant and was conducted at the New Amsterdam Hospital Mortuary on Wednesday.

The infant was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital on Monday evening after she began crying uncontrollably and having trouble breathing.

The parents from an East Bank Demerara community were initially held since the circumstances surrounding the death of the baby girl seemed suspicious.

The 27-year-old mother on Monday went for a follow-up visit to a doctor in the city and left the infant with her father and an eight-year-old sibling in the car. Upon her return, she saw her baby crying uncontrollably.

The infant was clad only in her underpants and diaper.

The mother then fed the child who 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 relatives immediately took the baby to the New Amsterdam Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

The parents were detained for questioning and the mother was subsequently released. However, up to press time the father remained in custody. The cause of death is expected to be revealed within the next 24 hours.