RCMP find newborn baby’s body in landfill

Published: February 09, 2010 5:15 a.m.

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A newborn baby boy has been found dead in the Burns Bog Landfill, RCMP said yesterday.

An unnamed source told police on Feb. 4 that a woman dumped her newborn into a nearby school dumpster. As many as 35 police officers searched the landfill until the infant was found on Sunday, which RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Pound said was both a relief and a shock.

“I know each of those members were searching through there very anxiously, it’s not something you want to have to do,” said Pound. “At the end of it, it was horrifying for them, but they were also relieved to have found the baby.”

The suspect is a 20-year-old woman who police said gave birth to a baby boy in a bathroom by herself while her boyfriend slept on a couch. The woman and the boyfriend then allegedly wrapped the baby in a towel, put him in a garbage bag and put the baby boy in a dumpster, police said.

The case is still under investigation, with an autopsy scheduled to determine if the baby was alive when put in the dumpster.

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