No charges after baby found dead in Edmonton parking lot: police

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EDMONTON - Police say charges won't be laid after a baby was found dead in an Edmonton parking lot.

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This article was published 28/02/2025 (539 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

EDMONTON – Police say charges won’t be laid after a baby was found dead in an Edmonton parking lot.

Officers were called in December to a south side shopping centre where the infant was discovered.

An autopsy has determined that the boy died before he was born.

An Edmonton Police Service car in Edmonton on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Police say charges aren't to be laid after a baby was found dead in an Edmonton parking lot late last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
An Edmonton Police Service car in Edmonton on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Police say charges aren't to be laid after a baby was found dead in an Edmonton parking lot late last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.

Police say investigators and the medical examiner have deemed the death not to be criminal in nature.

They did not say how the infant died.

The investigation is now considered complete.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 28, 2025.

An Edmonton Police Service car in Edmonton on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Police say charges aren't to be laid after a baby was found dead in an Edmonton parking lot late last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
An Edmonton Police Service car in Edmonton on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Police say charges aren't to be laid after a baby was found dead in an Edmonton parking lot late last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson.
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