Newborn’s Remains Dumps At Recycling Facility; Residents Shocked; Police Commences Investigation

By Alfred Ifemosu

Authourities on Friday confirmed that a newborn’s remains were found Thursday in a recycling facility in southeastern Massachusetts.

A 911 call at about 10:40 a.m. alerted police to the newborn’s remains among the trash that had been trucked to the Zero Waste Solutions recycling facility in Rochester, Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz said in a statement. All processing at the facility was suspended as officers began investigating the find, Rochester Police said in a separate statement on the development. 

An investigation is underway into the cause of the infant’s death and how and why the remains  were disposed of in the trash, Cruz said in his statement.

The remains of a baby girl were found in the same facility in April, Boston 25 News reported. The remains reportedly arrived as part of trash collected from Martha’s Vineyard, leading authorities to believe the mother lived on, recently visited or was linked in some other way to Martha’s Vineyard, per the report.

Rochester residents reacted with shock. “It’s sad, it’s very sad,” said one to Boston 25 News. “I think it’s totally out of character,” said another to Boston 25 News.

The national Safe Haven Alliances, which provides support for mothers who feel they cannot keep their newborn babies, expressed concern over the news of the recurrence of the incident.

“It’s horrible the first time it happened at this recycling plant, and to see it happen again, it’s really just horrible,” Noelle Ozimek, Harvard  Medical School scientist and director of research and development at NSHA, told Boston 25 News. “So we’re here to tell people that they do have other options other than leaving their baby in this situation,” she added.

Source: Daily Caller