Investigation into infant death: 4-month-old girl found dead in Houston hotel room, Harris County Sheriff’s Office says

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – Investigators are looking into what they consider to be the “suspicious” death of a four-month-old baby at a Days Inn in Mission Bend.

They were called to the hotel near Rancho Mission Drive around 1 p.m. on Sunday. Major Earl Dean of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said hotel management called 911 and reported that the child was not breathing in a particular room.

Dean said investigators are still looking into how management learned of the infant’s death.

Investigators told ABC13 that the little girl, identified by her family as Brooklyn, did not have a crib. They said it looked like she had been sleeping in a drawer.

Brooklyn’s body was discovered in the hotel room where she had been staying with her two-year-old brother and her parents.

Earl said Brooklyn’s body showed no visible injuries, but both child protective services and homicide detectives were on the scene Sunday.

Earl said the homicide squad is investigating the case. Child Protective Services was also on site to take care of the girl’s brother.

“(Death is) under suspicious circumstances,” Earl said.

Investigators told ABC13 they likely won’t know the girl’s cause of death until several weeks from now, when they receive the coroner’s findings.

As of early Sunday evening, no charges had been filed in the case, and investigators said it was unlikely that charges would be filed for weeks.

Both the girl’s 20-year-old mother and 39-year-old father were detained for questioning.

Investigators contacted Polk County to take the girl’s father into custody because he had several warrants for violent crimes in the area.

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