01-26-2005, 03:36 PM
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Fla. Worker Finds Dead Baby On Trash Conveyer Belt
POSTED: 10:54 am EST January 25, 2005
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A worker sorting trash found a dead newborn on a conveyor belt at the Palm Beach County recycling center, police said.
Employees discovered the naked infant while separating metal and aluminum recyclables shortly after 9 p.m. Monday. There was no blanket, bag or other evidence found with the body that could help to identify him, Detective Charles Reed said.
Reed estimated that the baby was between a day and a week old.
The body was intact, but "it was not in the best of condition," Reed said. "It was mixed in with all the trash."
The infant could have come from anywhere in the county. More than 3,000 tons of trash are dumped daily at the facility and go through a series of machines before landing on the conveyor belt where workers separate the recyclables.
Detectives will try to track down the baby's mother by filing through hospital and doctor records and by combing through the trash for clues, Reed said.
John Booth, executive director of the solid waste authority, said it was unusual they found the baby at all.
"This would be the only place where the baby could be discovered," he said, because most of the process is automated.
Fla. Worker Finds Dead Baby On Trash Conveyer Belt
POSTED: 10:54 am EST January 25, 2005
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A worker sorting trash found a dead newborn on a conveyor belt at the Palm Beach County recycling center, police said.
Employees discovered the naked infant while separating metal and aluminum recyclables shortly after 9 p.m. Monday. There was no blanket, bag or other evidence found with the body that could help to identify him, Detective Charles Reed said.
Reed estimated that the baby was between a day and a week old.
The body was intact, but "it was not in the best of condition," Reed said. "It was mixed in with all the trash."
The infant could have come from anywhere in the county. More than 3,000 tons of trash are dumped daily at the facility and go through a series of machines before landing on the conveyor belt where workers separate the recyclables.
Detectives will try to track down the baby's mother by filing through hospital and doctor records and by combing through the trash for clues, Reed said.
John Booth, executive director of the solid waste authority, said it was unusual they found the baby at all.
"This would be the only place where the baby could be discovered," he said, because most of the process is automated.
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