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Authorities seek public’s help in probe of 22-month-old child found dead in van at PATCO lot

Authorities found the girl unresponsive in her car seat in a Dodge Caravan. Officials said the passenger window was broken.

Police block off a minivan where a child was found dead at Lindenwold Station.
Police block off a minivan where a child was found dead at Lindenwold Station.Read moreRobert Moran / Staff

The child found dead in a minivan Friday afternoon at the PATCO High-Speed Line station in Lindenwold was a 22-month-old girl, authorities said Saturday.

When police from the Delaware River Port Authority and Lindenwold arrived at the station, they found the child unresponsive in her car seat with the passenger window broken, according to a joint statement from Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo, Lindenwold Police Chief Thomas Brennan, and DRPA Chief Jack Stief.

The child was pronounced dead at 3:54 p.m. According to the statement, no charges have been filed and an investigation continues.

Anyone with information is urged to call Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Mike Batista at 856-676-8175, DRPA Corporal Joseph Ebling at 856-969-7884, or email ccpotips@ccprosecutor.org.

Lindenwold is the last stop in New Jersey for PATCO, which connects Camden County and Philadelphia and has 10.5 million riders annually.