Port Isabel police provide updates in case of dead infant

PORT ISABEL, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The autopsy results for a baby who was found dead in Port Isabel last week could take weeks, according to police.

At 11:30 a.m. April 18, police responded to a home at the 400 block of Martinez Street in Port Isabel, where they found a 1-year-old girl dead.

_{400 block of Martinez St in Port Isabel where a 1-year-old girl was found unresponsive (Photo taken by Gerardo Salinas/ValleyCentral)}

_{Denis De La Cruz (Cameron County Jail)}

Port Isabel Police Chief Robert Lopez told ValleyCentral that less than seven hours before, police went to that same residence for an ambulance call, where a female claimed she had fallen and needed medical attention. The child was still alive at this point, Lopez added.

Police told ValleyCentral that Denis De La Cruz, who lived at the residence, was initially arrested on one count of assault family violence.

Jail records show De La Cruz is now facing a second count of assault causing bodily injury. Chief Lopez told ValleyCentral that he is accused of assaulting the baby's mother, as well as her 15-year-old stepdaughter.

Lopez emphasized that De La Cruz is not facing charges in connection to the baby's death as they await the results from the baby's autopsy.

De La Cruz was arraigned and his bond was set at $30,000.