Police are looking for a person of interest after an infant was found in a bathtub in a motel room in Milford Wednesday morning.
The cleaning staff at the Mayflower Motel on Woodmont Road found the infant in a vacated room just after 11 a.m., according to police.
Arriving officers performed CPR on the baby until paramedics arrived. Paramedics continued life-saving measures and the infant was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital and was pronounced dead just before 12 p.m.
Authorities are looking to speak with Dale Kirkland, 31, who is a person of interest in the infant’s death. He is 6-foot-8 and was last seen in Bridgeport Wednesday afternoon.
The investigation remains ongoing.