5-year-old boy dies at Chicago hospital after being found unresponsive at Michigan City home: police

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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Boy, 5, dies in Chicago after found unresponsive at IN home: police

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 5-year-old boy died at a Chicago hospital after being found unresponsive in a northwest Indiana home on Sunday.

The Michigan City Police Department said officers responded to a 911 call in the 2200-block of Normandy Drive around 7:15 a.m. Sunday.

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The unresponsive child was taken to Franciscan Hospital. From there, he was flown to Comer Children's Hospital for advanced medical treatment.

The child died just after 7 p.m. Sunday, police said. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified him as Augustus Williams.

A search warrant was executed at the home where Williams was found unresponsive.

Authorities did not immediately provide further information.

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