DEAD BABY FOUND IN TRASH BIN MOM BELIEVES LINKED TO MOBILE HOME PARK.Byline: CAROL ROCK Staff Writer NEWHALL - A newborn girl was found dead in a trash bin at a Newhall mobile home park, and a coroner's official said Wednesday the infant might have been alive when she was dumped there, wrapped in a plastic bag. Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey said it is possible the baby found Tuesday night by a woman scavenging scavenging of anesthetic. See anesthetic scavenging. for recyclables died in the bin at the Polynesian Mobile Home Park on San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the . ``This aspect will be further investigated at the autopsy and hopefully a more definitive response can be made once the examination is complete,'' Harvey said. No obvious external trauma was noted on the infant's body and the umbilical cord umbilical cord (ŭmbĭl`ĭkəl), cordlike structure about 22 in. (56 cm) long in the pregnant human female, extending from the abdominal wall of the fetus to the placenta. was still attached. Harvey said an autopsy could be performed today. Sheriff's homicide Lt. Dave Smith Dave Smith is the name of:
``We'd be really surprised,'' he said. ``We believe whoever placed the child in the Dumpster either lived in the mobile home park or was visiting at the time. ``She was found by a woman who just goes through the trash looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. aluminum cans. She found something tied up in a plastic bag, opened it up and found the baby.'' The child was found about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday. The baby is the third this year to be found dead in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County, where a Safe Surrender program allows a parent or person designated by the parent to surrender a baby within 72 hours of birth to any hospital or fire station without fear of prosecution. On Jan. 30, a girl's body was found in a shoebox shoe·box n. 1. An oblong box, usually made of cardboard, for holding a pair of shoes. 2. Something resembling or suggestive of such a box, as a plain, rectangular building or a cramped room or dwelling. Noun 1. in a closet in Hollywood. The body of another girl was found March 12 near train tracks in Alhambra. Since the program's inception in 2001, two babies have been surrendered in Santa Clarita, one at a hospital and one at a fire station. The number of babies found dead after being abandoned has dropped significantly in that time, from 14 in 2001 to four in 2005. Countywide, 41 babies have been surrendered under the program in the past five years. All have been adopted by foster families. Anyone with information related to the baby abandoned Tuesday night is asked to call the sheriff's homicide bureau at (323) 890-5500. carol.rock(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5252 |
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