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The coroner’s office and police in Ontario are investigating the “sudden death” of one-year-old Gionni Lee Garlow, the baby boy born on the floor of an Ottawa jail cell in September 2012.

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Police said they responded to a report of a 13-month-old child with no vital signs at a Cornwall Ont., residence shortly after 5 a.m. on Sunday. The child was transported to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

In a statement, police said such deaths are automatically investigated by the regional coroner’s office, with the assistance of police, “to attempt and determine the cause and manner of death.”

An autopsy is scheduled for later this week.

The police force’s criminal investigations branch has been assigned to help in the investigation.

The young boy died on Sunday after suffering from reported respiratory problems since birth.

Julie Bilotta was in custody at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre when she gave birth to her son on Sept. 29, 2012. Bilotta, who was eight months pregnant at the time, alleges she tried to convince jail staff that she was in labour, but was forced to give birth in her cell after nursing staff ignored her pleas for help.