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Homicide Investigation Launched After Baby's Tragic Death

12/12/2025

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The death of a day-old baby identified as John Doe Santiago-Sanchez is being investigated as a homicide after being dropped off at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center on November 21, 2024.
The medical examiner reclassified the death as a homicide this week.
The infant was born at the mother's home in Hamilton Heights.
No arrests have been made.

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Story summary

The death of a day-old baby identified as John Doe Santiago-Sanchez is being investigated as a homicide after being dropped off at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center on November 21, 2024.
The medical examiner reclassified the death as a homicide this week.
The infant was born at the mother's home in Hamilton Heights.
No arrests have been made.