Texas police are looking for information about a newborn baby boy found dead in a cooler inside a Dallas motel room.

The police department said its detectives were contacted by Child Protective Services and asked to conduct a welfare check on a 3-week-old infant at the motel on South Lancaster Road just off Interstate 20 in south Dallas.

The investigators found the baby boy in a cooler and are awaiting word from the Dallas County Medical Examiner regarding cause of death.

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No other information was immediately available, but police asked if anyone had any information to contact Detective Corey Foreman or Sgt. Vaughn at 214-275-1300.

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