Army investigates baby deaths at Fort Bragg

FORT BRAGG -- Military investigators are looking into the unexplained deaths of 10 infants whose families were living in base housing.

There are no indications of foul play in any of the deaths, investigators say, but they are trying to determine whether there are any common factors among the cases. The deaths all occurred since 2007.

The investigation began about a month ago, when base officials realized that two babies had died three months apart last year after living in the same house at different times, said Brig. Gen. Michael Garrett, chief of staff of the 18th Airborne Corps.

A third child who lived in the house died in 2007.

Causes of death in seven of the 10 cases were ruled "undetermined" by military pathologists. One has been attributed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Two are still under investigation.

While the Army reviews the cases, Col. Jeffrey Kingsbury, chief of preventive medicine at Womack Army Medical Center on post, said parents should remember to place babies on their backs to sleep and not to crowd their cribs with stuffed animals or fluffy bedding.