HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — A girl believed to be the mom of an toddler discovered lifeless in a trash bin earlier this yr has been arrested, together with a person who police mentioned helped her eliminate the physique exterior a South Florida house advanced.
They’re each charged with failure to report a dying, and the person can also be charged with unlawful disposal of a physique, Hollywood police mentioned Friday evening.
The complete-term child boy, with an umbilical wire nonetheless hooked up, was discovered on Jan. 7 by a roofing firm employee who had observed a foul odor. He discovered the newborn in a reusable buying bag contained in the trash bin, and notified authorities, in keeping with a police affidavit.
Police used video surveillance to trace down the proprietor of a automotive that stopped beside the trash bin, and later used textual content messages between the person and lady, together with DNA samples taken from the buying bag, to trace down the mom.
An post-mortem discovered the newborn had no indicators of trauma or harm, in keeping with the affidavit. The ultimate reason behind dying is pending additional testing to find out whether or not the newborn was born alive or stillborn, the affidavit mentioned.