ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Medical Examiner's Office said a 4-month-old girl's death was due to "chronic abuse."
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the girl was found unresponsive at a home Tuesday and taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The child's parents were arrested.
Police said Thursday the girl died of abuse, and they are treating the case as a homicide.
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