ANTELOPE VALLEY BRIEFLY\Dead baby in dump declared premature.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - The baby whose body was found Thursday at the Lancaster landfill apparently was born prematurely, but it is still unknown whether the baby was born alive or stillborn stillborn /still·born/ (-born) born dead. still·born adj. Dead at birth. stillborn, n an infant who is born dead. stillborn born dead. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an initial coroner's investigation. The initial findings remain to be confirmed by a complete microscopic investigation, which will take about three weeks, Los Angeles County Coroner The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner was created in its present form on December 7, 1990 by an ordinance approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, though it has existed in some form since the late 19th century. spokesman Scott Carrier Scott Carrier is an American author and radio producer. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Written work
"There's still many things that need to be determined," said Carrier. "The baby suffered a lot of trauma." Investigators are still trying to determine whether the baby was a boy or a girl, its race, whether it was stillborn, and whether the baby's body was mangled in the trash truck on the way to the dump, or whether it was placed that way in a recyclables bin. |
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