An autopsy will be performed on a 3-year-old girl found dead Sunday at a rural Barnesville, Minn., home.
Kylie Martinez-Braton lived in the home with her mother, Mici Braton, and grandparents Randy and Trinda Braton.
Wilkin County Sheriff Tom Matejka said one of the grandparents called authorities at 7:35 a.m. Sunday.
A deputy and Barnesville ambulance crew arrived to find the girl lying in bed unresponsive and cold to the touch.
"There was, I guess, some bruising around the lips that we were questioning," Matejka said, adding it could have been caused by a medical condition.
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The autopsy is scheduled today at the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's office in St. Paul, Matejka said. It's routine to order an autopsy in an unattended death, he said.
A Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agent assisted the sheriff's office with the death investigation Monday, Matejka said, describing it as "kind of an exploratory-type investigation right now."
The girl's mother was not home when the grandparent called authorities, he said.
The girl's father, Bemo Pechtel-Martinez, died in June 2007 at age 19.
