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Police investigating suspicious death in south Edmonton

For Immediate Release: 07-Dec-2024 @ 9:20 PM
MRU #: H24R038

The Edmonton Police Service (EPS) Homicide Section is investigating the suspicious death of an infant located in south Edmonton earlier today.

On Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, at approximately 2:15 p.m. Southeast Branch patrol officers were called to a sudden death in the parking lot of a shopping complex in the area of Parsons Rd SW and Ellerslie Rd SW. Upon arrival, officers located a deceased infant.

Homicide Section has since taken over the investigation. An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024.

Police do not believe the death is connected to any area businesses at this time.

Investigators are asking anyone with information about this death, or any drivers with active dash camera footage who were in the area between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. today, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.p3tips.com/250.

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