Baby found dead in a car

Bridgetown.

A  five month old baby boy found dead in the back seat of his father's car at Brittion Hill, St Michael, this afternoon.

The infant, Ethan Searles was found in a champagne coloured Peugot driven by his father Dave Searles.The vehicle was parked next to the Diva Hair World and Barbershop where the older Searles is employed as a barber.

Acting Public Relations Officer of the Royal Barbados Police Force Sergeant Roland Cobbler, told the press preliminary investigations revealed that the baby was left for an extended period of time in the car and may have suffocated as a result of that situation.

The parents of the child were taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital traumatised.