Crime & Safety

Police: Port Jeff Station Woman Dies While Babysitting

One month old baby that Teresa Coffey of Port Jefferson Station was watching also died.

A 39-year old woman died along with a one-month old baby she was babysitting in Greenlawn on Thursday night. Teresa Coffey of 14 Cottonwood Ave., Port Jefferson Station was found unconscious in a Greenlawn home by police after someone called 911 at about 9:35 p.m. reporting the baby, Michael Baldwin III was unresponsive.

Both were transported to Huntington Hospital where they were pronounced dead. CPR was performed on the baby before being taken out of the home.

Suffolk County Police reported that it doesn’t appear that carbon monoxide was a factor in their deaths. The Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner is conducting an autopsy for the cause and manner of their deaths and the investigation is continuing.

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