Bartlesville police investigate infant death

BARTLESVILLE, Okla. - Police are investigating the early Monday morning death of a 1-year-old girl at a Bartlesville home.

According to Bartlesville Police Chief Tom Holland, medical staff at Jane Phillips Medical Center Emergency Room called the police department at around 3 a.m. to notify police about the child's death.

The child, having been transported by ambulance from a home on the 1500 block of Penn, was pronounced dead when it arrived to the hospital, Holland told 2NEWS.

Following the call, the police department sent investigators to the residence — as is common practice on such calls, said Holland.

At this time, the cause of the infant girl's death is unknown and still under investigation.

“ We need to determine the cause of death,” Holland told 2NEWS.