St. Paul police arrested the parents of a 1½-year-old boy who died on Christmas. Preliminary information is that narcotics may have played a role in the boy’s death, according to police. Police arrested the child’s 38-year-old father and 31-year-old mother on suspicion of manslaughter. Officers were called about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to the 1000 block of 5th Street East where a child was not breathing, said St. Paul police spokesman Sgt. Toy Vixayvong. The boy was pronounced dead at Regions Hospital after being transported there by St. Paul fire medics. The Ramsey County medical examiner’s office will perform an autopsy to determine the child’s exact cause of death. The investigation is ongoing.Related Articles Crime & Public Safety | Journalist Michele Norris to headline Minneapolis MLK breakfast Crime & Public Safety | Hundreds of cats from across the country and Canada to compete in St. Paul next month Crime & Public Safety | Free eagle viewing and education event coming to South St. Paul’s Kaposia Park on Saturday Crime & Public Safety | Shakopee prison inmate charged with a swindling scheme that netted her $60,000 in public aid Crime & Public Safety | Hastings man who threatened to kill deputy police chief sentenced to 90 days in jail