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Chicago Woman Charged After 2-Month-Old Found Unresponsive in South Shore Home

A detention hearing is scheduled for Friday.

Overview

  • Police say the baby was found unresponsive after 6 a.m. Tuesday in a residence on the 2300 block of East 70th Place and was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
  • Andrea Thomas, 31, was arrested at the home later that morning at around 10:35 a.m., according to police.
  • She is charged with one felony count of child endangerment causing a child's death.
  • The infant was identified in local reporting as 2-month-old Ryan Molton.
  • Investigators have not confirmed Thomas' relationship to the child, and her detention hearing is set for Friday.