PONTIAC - The cause and manner of death for two Pontiac infants was found to be undetermined, according to a coroner's jury who heard the unrelated cases on Thursday.

The mothers found the boys unresponsive, and medical examiners ruled out sudden infant death syndrome in both cases. Jurors were told neither child had suspicious marks and toxicology tests revealed nothing suspicious.

Mason Brooks, 3 months old, was found unresponsive by his mother, Samantha Brock, around 3 a.m. Aug. 23. Emergency personnel took him to OSF St. James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center in Pontiac, where he was pronounced dead later.

An autopsy showed no external injuries but it did reveal an unusually high number of broken capillaries over the heart, diaphragm and lungs and hemorrhaging in the brain. Due to those findings, the forensic pathologist ruled out sudden infant death syndrome and found the cause to be undetermined.

Hemorrhaging in the brain is possibly consistent with CPR, the pathologist said.

Dakota Bohm, 25 days old, was found to be unresponsive around 7:30 a.m. Aug. 30.

His mother, Jessica Soule, had propped his back and head with pillows on her bed to feed him. She dozed off with the bottle in her hand and then awoke to find him unresponsive.

He was later transported to OSF St. James and was pronounced dead a short time later.

The forensic pathologist determined the cause to be undetermined as SIDS usually occurs in older children, from 2 to 6 months of age.