Why would police stop a baby boy's funeral and postpone his burial?

MENASHA (WITI) -- A baby from Menasha who died just hours after birth was supposed to be buried on Monday, May 5th -- but that didn't happen. Police stopped it -- and questioned the baby's parents right outside the funeral home!

"At no time did we disrupt the services, and certainly it is not an ideal situation for us or the family, but following the law and following the procedures, we did have to be there," Aaron Zemlock with Menasha police said.

That's because it was just before the funeral that police were notified of concerns about how the baby died.

"There was simply information brought forward that there was bruising on the baby, but that can be due to a number of different medical conditions and that is why we have to wait for the autopsy report," Zemlock said.

The baby boy was born prematurely by emergency C-section at Theda Clark Hospital in Neenah on Saturday, April 26th.

Zemlock says police aren't sure why there was a delay.

"I'm not exactly sure if there was a breakdown in the process or what the circumstances were surrounding it, but no it is not typical for a week to go by before we are notified," Zemlock said.

Zemlock says the Medical Examiner's Office was never contacted by Theda Clark or Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Neenah -- where the baby died.

"We're not exactly sure why," Zemlock said.

Representatives with Theda Clark and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin did not return calls for comment -- and neither did the baby's parents.

The baby is not being named, nor are family members involved because no one has been arrested or charged.

"We don't even know that a crime has occurred. As with any suspicious death once we are notified we have to follow through with certain protocols and complete those investigations," Zemlock said.

Zemlock says the burial for the baby, which was scheduled for Monday, was postponed pending the outcome of the investigation.