Lifeless newborn was exposed to fentanyl before being dumped at NYC hospital in a plastic bag

The lifeless day-old baby dropped off at a Manhattan hospital by his mother last year was exposed to fentanyl and stuffed in a plastic bag, the city medical examiner’s office revealed Friday.

The tragic newborn — known only as “John Doe” Santiago-Sanchez — died of exposure to the potent drug and his placement in the plastic bag, officials said.

The baby boy was unconscious and unresponsive when he was found at New York-Presbyterian/ Columbia University Irving Medical Center Nov. 21, 2024, police said.

The newborn boy, known only as “John Doe” Santiago-Sanchez, died Nov. 21, 2024, after arriving unconscious and unresponsive at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Getty Images

The boy’s mom had given birth just a day earlier at her home on West 143rd Street near Riverside Drive in Hamilton Heights, according to law enforcement sources.

Hospital staff called the cops, and, after more than a year, the ME’s office said this week that the death of the full-term infant was ruled a homicide.

No arrests had been made by Friday, and the investigation was ongoing, cops said.