Investigation continues into newborn baby death in Swindon
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Officers investigating the death of a newborn baby in Swindon are continuing with their enquiries.
Police were called by the ambulance service to the incident at an address in Grange Park in the early hours of Monday morning (1/8).
Enquiries are ongoing and the death is currently being treated as unexplained.
A post mortem is due to take place on Monday.
A woman in her 30s has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and is currently in Gablecross custody for questioning.
Detective Inspector Simon Childe said: “This is a complex investigation into the very tragic death of a newborn baby. At this very early stage, although we have made an arrest, we are treating the death as unexplained and await the results of a post mortem examination next week.”