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Baby Who Drowned After Being Left Unattended In CT Bathtub ID'd

Police have identified the infant who drowned in a bathtub in Connecticut over the weekend as a 7-month-old from New Haven County, authorities said on Wednesday, Oct. 9.

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Angel Josiah Rodriguez was being cared for by family members in East Haven on Sunday, Oct. 6, when he was left unattended in a tub, police said. The boy's mother, who is from Ansonia, was not at the Redfield Avenue home when the boy died. 

Paramedics were called to the home around 9 p.m. and rushed him to Yale-New Haven Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead about an hour later, police said. 

Investigators have previously said they do not suspect foul play, and everyone at the home remained at the scene.

The incident remains under investigation. 

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