Crime & Safety

Police Seek Help ID'ing Discarded Newborn

Police are hoping to identify a baby discarded in a Dumpster using the backpack iinside which the baby was found.

Crime Stoppers of Suffolk County is asking the public for information on the identity of a newborn baby found in the trash.

On Monday, January 4th, 2010, Suffolk County Police Officers responded to Winter Brothers Recycling Center, Yaphank, where the body of a newborn was found within the trash. The baby was found in the backpack in the photograph.

Call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.


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