BOULDER, Colo. — Officers with the Boulder Police Department (BPD) are investigating the death of a 2-month-old boy.
At about 4:30 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to a home in north Boulder for a welfare check on a woman who was possibly having a mental health crisis, BPD said.
A witness told police that they saw the mother, 29-year-old Anna Louise Englund, take her 2-month-old infant and drive away. Officers issued an attempt to locate alert for Englund to other nearby law enforcement agencies.
Englund's car was spotted at around 10:20 p.m. headed toward Boulder Community Hospital, police said. Officers made contact with Englund in the parking lot of the hospital and rushed the child into the emergency department, BPD said. The child was pronounced dead at 10:48 p.m., according to police.
The boy's father identified the baby as Miles Basellio. The dad did not want to share his name to maintain his privacy.
According to Basellio's dad, Englund struggled with postpartum psychosis and threatened to hurt herself and the boy.
"I can't comprehend, like, the medical base backing for her acting that way. I can't comprehend her internal thought process," said Basellio's father. "It's weird that you can form a life with somebody and this happens and it's like, what? You wouldn't think that was that person."
According to the baby's father, Englund visited Boulder Community Hospital twice in the past few weeks to get help during postpartum.
The child's cause of death will be released by the Boulder County Coroner's Office at a later time.
“Our hearts are with the child’s family during this terrible and difficult time,” said Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold. “This is a tragic situation, and we are thinking about the child’s loved ones as they grieve all that has happened.”
Investigators are trying to piece together a timeline and further details in the case, police said.
Englund was arrested on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of child abuse resulting in death. She's being held in the Boulder County jail without bond.
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