Mom to face murder charge after dead baby found in recycling

Author: Associated Press
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EASTPOINTE, Mich. (AP) – Police say a woman whose newborn baby was found dead at a Detroit-area recycling center will face murder and child abuse charges.

The woman’s name hasn’t been released. Roseville police say in a statement she’s being charged with open murder and first-degree child abuse. Eastpointe District Judge Carl Gerds says he expects to handle the mother’s arraignment early Wednesday afternoon.

Police believe the boy was born around Dec. 22 and died two days later. Police say the body was left in a shed in Eastpointe and somehow ended up at a recycling center nearby in Roseville on Jan. 14.

Investigators initially believed the baby might be a missing child from the Lansing area, but tests ruled that out.

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