UPDATE, Friday, Oct. 20 | Leavenworth police Friday identified the 1-year-old girl as Saraphina Avarose Sanchez. The autopsy that had been planned on Saturday has been moved forward to today. Police say no arrests or charges have been made.
EARLIER | A 1-year-old girl died Wednesday night at a Leavenworth hospital and police are investigating suspicious injuries found on the child.
Leavenworth EMS and police were sent to an apartment in the 2900 block of Martin Luther King Drive in Leavenworth, Kansas, on a report of a child not breathing, police said.
The child's mother was at the apartment when emergency crews arrived.
The child died a short time later at a hospital.
Her name has not been released.
An autopsy to determine the cause of death is planned for Saturday, police said.
A four-year-old child was also in the apartment, but was not injured, police said.
No word on a suspect in the case.
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