Police said the child, a 3-day-old girl, was found unresponsive inside a home in the West Rogers Park neighborhood's 7500-block of North Ridge Boulevard around 9:45 a.m.
The child was taken to St. Francis Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Area Three detectives are conducting a death investigation.
Authorities did not immediately provide further information.
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