ALHAMBRA >> A 3-month-old boy died Tuesday, a week after being found unconscious at a home-based day care center in Alhambra last week, authorities said Wednesday.
The infant died at 4:51 p.m. at Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles, said Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner Investigator Jerry McKibben. The baby’s identity was not released Wednesday.
Officers responded about 1:20 p.m. Oct. 12 to a report of a “baby not breathing” at a licensed day care center based out of a home in the 700 block of N. Cordova Street, Alhambra police Sgt. Jerry Johnson said.
“The information was that people in the house were doing CPR,” the sergeant said.
“Officers arrived. We took over CPR,” he said. Paramedics arrived a short time later and took over treatment of the baby as they rushed him to a hospital, where he was placed in an intensive care unit.
The circumstances of what was going on in the home when the infant stopped breathing were under investigation, Johnson said. Detectives summoned crime lab investigators to examine the scene.
Officials did not note any obvious signs of trauma or other initial indications of a crime, Johnson said. No arrests have been made.
The cause of death was yet to be determined, and the ongoing investigation hinges largely on the findings of doctors and coroner’s investigators, official said.
Police notified the California Department of Social Services’ Community Care Licensing Division, which regulates day care centers, as well as the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services about the incident, Johnson said.
State records show that state licensing officials conducted an inspection of the residential day care facility, licensed as Valdez Family Child Care, Oct. 14, two days after the baby was rushed to the hospital.
“This visit was made regarding the 10/12/15 incident, where a day-care child needed medical attention,” a facility evaluation report generated by the inspection said.
Two violations were noted: The licensee had only a standard first aid certification — not the required pediatric certification — and inspectors found the licensee’s adult son was living at the home without having undergone a required criminal background check, records show.
The report indicated the day care operator agreed to correct the issues by taking a class in pediatric first aid, and finding a new place for her son to live.
Following a previous, unannounced visit to the day care center in May, the inspector found no violations and issued no citations, records show.