Port Jeff Station Woman, Baby Found Dead in Huntington Home

A one-month-old boy and his babysitter are dead after being found unresponsive late Thursday in Huntington, according to .

When authorities arrived at 4 Lafayette St. at approximately 9:35 p.m., they discovered both the boy, Michael Baldwin III, and babysitter, Teresa Coffey, 39, unresponsive.

Baldwin was given CPR at the scene and transported to , where he was pronounced dead. Coffey, of 14 Cottonwood Ave., Port Jefferson Station, was also transported to Huntington Hospital, where she was pronounced dead a short time later, police said.

"There is no reason to believe this is anything other than a terrible accident at this point in time," Suffolk Police Lt. Det. Gerard Pelkofsky said at an afternoon press briefing. "We are investigating to make sure it is not negligence." 

While the investigation is ongoing, police say it does not appear carbon monoxide was a factor in the deaths.

According to Pelkofsky, Michael Baldwin, the infant's father, returned home from work at about 9:30 p.m. after he was unable to reach the babysitter by phone. Coffey, who was watching the baby for much of the day, was found laying on top of the infant.

"It is possible she asphyxiated the child," Pelkofsky said.

The Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner is conducting an autopsy for the cause and manner of their deaths.