A Baby is Dead After Being Found With His Homeless Mother at a Portland Bus Stop

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A Portland baby is dead after being found last week in freezing temperatures with his homeless mother in a bus stop along Southeast Powell Boulevard.

The infant, found Jan. 9, marks the fifth death on Portland’s streets during the cold weather this year.

Four homeless people died of exposure in the first 10 days of 2017. A week after the baby was found, it’s still unclear whether he died of exposure hours after being born outdoors or was stillborn.

But the circumstances of the child’s death illustrate that much of the tragedy on Portland’s streets involves untreated mental illness.

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