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Fort Bragg Probes Sudden Infant Deaths

10 babies have died at base since 2007

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 1, 2010 1:45 AM CDT

(Newser) – Ten babies under the age of eight months have died suddenly in military housing at Fort Bragg since early 2007, and investigators haven't been able to figure out why. Officials don't suspect foul play, but are looking into environmental conditions, structural factors and hazardous materials as possible causes, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Two infant cousins died in the same house during a three-month span, and a third unrelated infant from that house died while at a babysitter's in nearby Fayetteville, North Carolina. Investigators have found no common link—other than location—between the deaths, all of which they believe can be attributed to sudden infant death syndrome.

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An officer's wife and daughter walk home from school past base housing in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. (Getty Images)

Fort. Bragg is home to about 6,200 families, with a total population of about 45,000. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

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They appeared to suggest that it's just that one housing unit that they can't explain. It's more than that. There are just too many other deaths in other units.
- Jamie B. Hernan, an attorney
for two of the families

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