A 1-year-old child has died and Naugatuck police are looking for the man they are calling a suspect.
Officers responded to a home at 150 Millville Avenue around 11:30 am Friday and found a 1-year-old girl had been killed.
Police identified 31-year-old Christopher Francisquini as a possible suspect.
Naugatuck Police Chief C. Colin McAllister said Francisquini lived in the home and is related to the child. He did not say how the two were related.
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Francisquini was believed to be driving a gray 2006 Chevrolet Impala.
That car was found abandoned on I-91 in New Haven near Exit 8, McAllister said.
New Haven police said they are searching an area of Foxon Boulevard near Lowe's in connection with the Naugatuck homicide investigation.
Police are asking anyone who sees Francisquini not to approach him, but instead to call police.
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