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Infant, baby-sitter die in Huntington

A 1-month-old boy and his baby-sitter were pronounced dead Thursday night after the infant's father found them unresponsive in the family's Huntington home, Suffolk County police said. Videojournalist: James Carbone (Sept. 2, 2011)

Police investigating the deaths in Huntington of a baby-sitter and the infant she was watching said the "extremely heavy" woman may have slumped over on the couch and suffocated the month-old boy.

The infant and the baby-sitter were discovered Thursday night when the child's father, a local television newsman, returned home and lifted up the unconscious baby-sitter to find his lifeless son...

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