Police making enquiries after death of baby in Napier

Attribute to Detective Sergeant Darren Pritchard:   Police are making enquiries after a nine-month-old baby died in Napier overnight.   Emergency services were called to a Napier home at 3.45am.    The baby was confirmed deceased a short time later.   Police are working to establish the circumstances surrounding the baby’s death, and we are speaking to a number of people who were at the house at the time.   At this stage the baby’s death is being treated as unexplained.   ENDS    Issued by Police Media Centre.