A dead infant was found on Skid Row, prompting a child abuse investigation with the Los Angeles Police Department Thursday.
Officers first received a medical call at around 5:30 a.m. in the 560 block of S. San Pedro Street.
When officers arrived, they found an unresponsive male newborn.
Investigators with the Abused Child Unit within the LAPD were looking into the situation.
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