A woman was in custody Tuesday after an infant died with significant injuries at a Santa Monica apartment, police said.
Santa Monica police were notified by UCLA Police at approximately 11:54 a.m. that an adult woman had been detained on the UCLA campus after making statements indicating she had harmed her child and left the child inside an apartment in the 2000 block of Broadway, according to the Santa Monica Police Department.
Officers responded to the residence and found an infant with significant injuries. Santa Monica Fire Department personnel transported the child to a local hospital, where the infant was pronounced dead.
The woman was taken into custody in connection with the incident and transported to Santa Monica Jail. The woman was taken into custody in connection with the child's death and booked into Santa Monica Jail on felony charges. While police did not initially identify the suspect, court records report her as 24-year-old Carmen Anita Degregg being held on a $2 million bond.
SMPD has said it will provide updates when appropriate on the case and witnesses reported officers carried bags of evidence out of the apartment from a second-floor apartment over the course of several hours.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death.
Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division are investigating the case. Based on preliminary information, the incident appears to be isolated with no ongoing threat to the community, police said.