June 30 (UPI) -- Authorities in southern Florida said Tuesday that they are investigating the death of a child whose body was found Monday in a car parked outside a school.
Officers with the police department in Plantation, a city located just west of Fort Lauderdale, said they found the body at 5:39 p.m. in a vehicle at A World of Discovery Academy. The police department said the officers were responding to a call concerning a dead child.
"Upon arrival, Plantation Fire Department sadly confirmed the child was deceased," the Plantation Police Department said in a statement.
"Plantation police detectives responded to the scene, and an investigation into the death is underway."
No identifying information about the child was given.
