Autopsy Showed Infant Died of Natural Causes

WELLS — The autopsy of a 3-day-old infant, found 15 hours after her death in May, found that the baby died of natural causes. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department received a call regarding the death of infant Faith Pursley at 4 a.m. on May 27, although the death occurred 15 hours earlier around 12:45 p.m. on May 26. According to the Jacksonville Daily Progress, the caller told officials they had prolonged calling first-aid responders because they were praying over the child. The parents are allegedly members of the “Church of Wells.” Officials said they are unsure of where the baby was born. The autopsy report, which was signed by the medical examiner on Aug. 21, shows the infant died of a heart condition called pulmonary valve stenosis.