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Autopsy Rules Englewood Infant’s Death a Homicide as Police Review Prior Abuse Report

Area 1 detectives are reviewing the case and have not taken anyone into custody.

Overview

  • The Cook County medical examiner identified the victim as 6-month-old Kloe Sophia Bastos Bastillos.
  • Her mother found her face down on a mattress around 11 p.m. in the 7200 block of South Winchester Avenue in Englewood.
  • Paramedics transported her to Comer Children's Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 11:46 p.m.
  • An autopsy determined she died of multiple injuries consistent with child abuse, and the death was ruled a homicide.
  • A police report notes the infant suffered a skull fracture and references an earlier child-abuse report filed this year.