Child Was in Home with Mother's Body: Police

The 4-year-old child may have been with the body for a couple of days, police said.

New Haven police are investigating after finding a four-year-old child in an apartment with the body of her dead mother on Wednesday.

The woman's ex-boyfriend, who is also the father of the girl,  discovered the body inside the home at 618 Whalley Avenue just before 8 p.m.  He went to the apartment after not hearing from the woman for several days.

Police said the child was inside the apartment with the woman for a couple of days.  The 4-year-old did not appear to have any injuries, but was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital as a precaution, according to police.

Investigators said there were no signs of trauma to the 33-year-old woman and they are not calling the death suspicious.  The woman was taken to the Medical Examiner's office for an autopsy scheduled for Wednesday.

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