Police investigate death of newborn baby in Dundee home

Officers were called to a property on North Erskine Street in the Stobswell area on Sunday night

Author: Greg OckrimPublished 9th Aug 2021
Last updated 9th Aug 2021

Police are treating the death of a new born baby in a Dundee house as unexplained. Officers were called to a property in North Erskine Street Sunday after 7pm.

A post mortem will take place to find out what happened to the child and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 7.05 pm on Sunday, 8 August, 2021, police received a report of a new born baby having died within a house in North Erskine Street, Dundee.

“A post mortem examination will take place in due course to establish the exact circumstances of the death which police are currently treating as unexplained.

“A report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.”

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