BAKERSFIELD BABY DEATH INVESTIGATED

Police are investigating how a baby died after a mother gave birth in a bathroom at Jefferson Park in east Bakersfield.

Officers say 29-year-old Jessica Carrasco put the baby in her purse after the birth early Wednesday morning and then went to a house on Goodman and North Baker streets for help. That homeowner, who did not know her, called 911.

Carrasco is being treated at Kern Medical.

Kelli Forsch