A Chicago four-month-old’s death has been ruled a homicide, officials said Saturday.
Zury Cruz Sumba, was pronounced dead early Friday morning at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge as a result of multiple injuries from child abuse, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
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Zury lived in the 5300 block of North Kimball Avenue, but suffered the fatal injuries in the 4700 block of North Lawndale Avenue, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Emergency services responded to a call that a person was unconscious and not breathing at the 4700 block of North Lawndale Avenue on Chicago’s Northwest Side Thursday afternoon, according to Fire Department spokesperson Larry Langford.
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A spokesperson with the Chicago Police Department said officers were called to assist, that the child was breathing before being transferred to the hospital, and that detectives will be following up on the case.
The Illinois Department of Child and Family Services had prior contact with Zury’s family before her death, according to department spokesperson Heather Tarczan.
No arrests have been made.
