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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Authorities find dead infant in 60 tons of garbage

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Story is from the Tacoma, Wash., paper, where authorities have arrested a 16-year-old girl for allegedly drowning her newborn in a toilet and setting his body out with the trash. Her dad is also facing charges now.

Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!

Investigators from the Port Angeles police, Pierce County Sheriff's Dept. , Tacoma Police and the Washington State Patrol's Crime lab watch as Pierce County coroners retrieve the body of a baby from 60 tons of garbage at LRI landfill in Graham, Wash. Monday Jan. 5, 2009. Port Angeles Police Chief Terry Gallagher said it could take weeks to get the DNA test results that will show whether the baby is that of the teenager arrested Friday for investigation of first- or second-degree murder. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Dean J. Koepfler)

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