Parents arrested after 9-month-old found dead in Arkansas


(AP) – The parents of a 9-month-old girl have been arrested
after the child was found dead in a northeast Arkansas motel room.Police say a 43-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman were arrested after the girl was found dead Saturday afternoon in a motel room in Batesville.Police say paramedics told officers who arrived at the motel that the child appeared to have been dead for several hours.

The couple was arrested on warrants for possession of drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of a minor, but online court records do not show that formal charges had been filed as of Tuesday afternoon.

Police say the couple appeared confused and could not describe what had happened prior to the infant’s death.

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