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Mother of dead infant located; baby died of natural causes: police

The mother of an infant found dead in a shopping bag at a Victoria strip mall has been found and is receiving medical care and support, Victoria police said Friday.
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Police investigate at the Subway restaurant on Blanshard and Bay streets on Thursday. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST

The mother of a newborn baby found dead at a Saanich strip mall on Wednesday night has been located and is receiving medical care and support, Victoria police said Friday.

A passerby discovered the baby in a shopping bag on the sidewalk outside a Subway restaurant in the Blanshard Centre shopping plaza, in the 700-block of Bay Street, around 10 p.m. Wednesday.

An autopsy on the baby Friday morning concluded the newborn died of natural causes.

The circumstances are still under investigation by Victoria Police’s Major Crimes Unit and no further details were released.

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