Infant boy found dead in restroom

A dead baby was found in a women's restroom Sunday night at the Excalibur.

Hotel employees found the body inside a trash can and reported it to the Metropolitan Police Department about 9:40 p.m., police Lt. Lew Roberts said Monday.

Roberts said that when police arrived at the Excalibur, they found a baby boy wrapped in a pillowcase with some towels around him inside an Excalibur gift bag on the restroom's floor.

He said tests are being done to determine whether the baby was breathing when he was born, but the investigation is being treated as a homicide.

Roberts said the infant had an intact placenta with an umbilical cord.

Police have no suspects, he said.

"We're trying to track down video to show who went in and out of the bathroom," Roberts said. "It could have been a guest, it could have been a hotel worker, it could have been someone off the streets."

The restroom is near the elevators leading to guest tower No. 1, police said.

MGM Mirage spokeswoman Yvette Monet confirmed the discovery of the baby on the property but would not provide any details.

"This is a police matter," she said. "The investigation is continuing, and we're cooperating with the authorities."

Review-Journal writer Lynnette Curtis contributed to this report. Contact reporter Antonio Planas at aplanas@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638.