2 newborn girls discovered dead at Streeterville day care center after mother found covered in blood in bathroom

A day care center on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital campus in the 400 block of East Ontario Street on Friday. Authorities are investigating after two newborn girls were discovered in a plastic bag in the Streeterville center Thursday afternoon. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

Two newborn girls were discovered in a plastic bag in a Streeterville day care center Thursday after workers found the mother covered in blood in a bathroom there.

The newborns were taken to Lurie Children’s Hospital but attempts to revive them were unsuccessful, according to police.