BLOOMINGTON - The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has closed a Bloomington day care center after an infant's death there last week.

"DCFS can confirm that it is investigating the death of this ward," agency spokesman Jimmie Whitelow said Friday. "DCFS has instituted a protective plan for this day care home which prohibits any further care of children at this home."

The home-based day care business at 1303½ S. Hinshaw Ave., was closed the day after the May 16 death of 2-month-old Brooklyn Andres, Whitelow said. She had been found unresponsive that day on a bed at the day care center, said McLean County Coroner Beth Kimmerling.

The girl was found unresponsive about 3:30 p.m., said Bloomington police spokesman Duane Moss. She was pronounced dead about 4:20 p.m. at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, Normal, according to obituary information.

Whitelow would not comment further on the DCFS investigation.

Kimmerling said her office is investigating the infant's death, but she is waiting on toxicology and tissue sample test results to determine the cause of death.

"There were no signs of abuse," Kimmerling said. "There were no signs of obvious trauma. And there were no congenital defects."

Moss said his department is investigating the death. But there have been no arrests, and detectives are waiting on some of the same information Kimmerling needs.

"Simply put, the baby was put down for a nap and, when she was checked on later, she was found to not be breathing," Moss said.

The infant was found in a bed at the home, and there was no indication anyone was in the bed with the infant at the time of her death, Kimmerling said.

The coroner's office also is investigating where other children and adults were at the time the girl was in the bed, Kimmerling said.

There were at least nine children and seven adults in the home over the course of the day, she said.

Calls to the day care center seeking comment were not returned Friday.