BROOKLYN TOWNSHIP - The Green County Sheriff's Department and coroner's office are investigating the death of an 18-day-old infant in Brooklyn Township early Wednesday morning. Preliminary findings of the autopsy, which was completed Wednesday, indicate there were no signs of trauma on Mason R. Dalton.
At 4:11 a.m. Wednesday, the sheriff's dispatch received a call from Kyle Dalton, the baby's father, who resides on Sandy Hook Road, located six miles southwest of Brooklyn. Kyle Dalton reported his infant was not breathing and unresponsive.
Albany Fire, EMS and deputies responded to the scene and the infant was transported by Albany EMS to the Monroe Clinic Hospital where he was pronounced dead by a physician.
Kyle Dalton and Dana Evans, the baby's mother, were home when Mason was found to be unresponsive.
Sheriff's detectives are conducting the investigation, which includes the autopsy in Madison to assist in determining the cause of death.
When an infant dies suddenly and unexpectedly, it is important that a thorough and complete investigation is conducted, Green County Sheriff Randy Roderick said. Therefore, he said, the investigation will be ongoing to gather information to assist the coroner's office in determining the cause of death that includes receiving the toxicology reports that routinely take two to three weeks.
At 4:11 a.m. Wednesday, the sheriff's dispatch received a call from Kyle Dalton, the baby's father, who resides on Sandy Hook Road, located six miles southwest of Brooklyn. Kyle Dalton reported his infant was not breathing and unresponsive.
Albany Fire, EMS and deputies responded to the scene and the infant was transported by Albany EMS to the Monroe Clinic Hospital where he was pronounced dead by a physician.
Kyle Dalton and Dana Evans, the baby's mother, were home when Mason was found to be unresponsive.
Sheriff's detectives are conducting the investigation, which includes the autopsy in Madison to assist in determining the cause of death.
When an infant dies suddenly and unexpectedly, it is important that a thorough and complete investigation is conducted, Green County Sheriff Randy Roderick said. Therefore, he said, the investigation will be ongoing to gather information to assist the coroner's office in determining the cause of death that includes receiving the toxicology reports that routinely take two to three weeks.