The bodies of newborn twin girls were found in a trash bag in a bathroom inside a Chicago daycare center on Thursday.
Police and medics responded to a 911 child endangerment call at a child care center located in the Streeterville neighborhood, Fox News reports.
“Chicago police are conducting death investigations after two newborn girls were found dead inside a childcare center bathroom in Streeterville,” police said in a statement Thursday evening. “Dispatchers told responding officers that the babies were in a trash bag. The children were not breathing when first responders arrived.”
The babies were transported to a local hospital, where they were pronounced deceased.
A daycare center employee was transported to a different hospital, where she was treated for unspecified injuries.
“An emergency medical situation involving a daycare employee occurred this evening at the daycare facility on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital campus,” a spokesperson with Northwestern Medicine told FOX 32.
Police have no suspects in the case. No children were in the daycare center when the bodies were found.
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