ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - (May 17) - Two days after the body of a small boy was found buried in the sand at a city park playground, stymied investigators focused Sunday on trying to find the child's relatives.
"We are looking for the person who was the primary caretaker of the child, whether it is a parent, a grandparent or guardian. That's our primary responsibility now," police spokesman John Walsh said.
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There were no other developments, Walsh said.
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A preliminary autopsy on Saturday provided no immediate clues about how the 3- to 5-year-old child died.
"There were no obvious signs or cause of death," Walsh said.
Walsh said the preliminary autopsy did determine that the child was either native American or Hispanic.
The body was found Friday by a woman who had taken her own children to the city's Alvarado Park and spotted a tiny shoe sticking out of the sand.
Police had received no reports of missing children in the 24 hours before the discovery. Forensic experts told police the boy could not have been dead longer than 48 hours.
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Medical investigators planned blood and toxicology tests and more advanced pathology techniques to learn more about what happened to the boy.
People have left stuffed animals, toy trucks and flowers at the park as an informal memorial.
