SYCUAN INDIAN RESERVATION, Calif., Feb. 16 (UPI) -- California authorities are investigating the death of an infant apparently left in the car with his father while the mother was inside a casino.
The child, identified as 6-month-old Thomas Baca, died in the parking lot of the casino on the Sycuan Indian Reservation near San Diego, investigators said.
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Cause of death had not been determined, the San Diego Union-Tribune said. It also was not clear whether the mother was a casino employee.
The father, Richard Baca of Spring Valley, Calif., said he fell asleep after checking on his son who he said appeared to be OK. He said he woke up to find the boy not breathing.
