DeKalb performs autopsy on baby found in trash bin

BYLINE:    Brenden Sager; Staff
DATE: January 30, 2001
PUBLICATION: The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution
EDITION: Home; The Atlanta Constitution
SECTION: Metro News
PAGE: B5

The DeKalb County Medical Examiner's Office conducted an autopsy Monday on a newborn girl who was discovered Sunday in a burning trash bin at the Salem Crossing Shopping Center on Panola Road. No determination has been made whether the death is a homicide. The autopsy indicated there was amniotic fluid in the baby's stomach with the umbilical cord attached, investigators said.

Investigators said the baby appeared to have developed about seven months, and might have been born premature.

The DeKalb County district attorney's office is looking into the death, said District Attorney J. Tom Morgan. Morgan said that there were two reported fires in the trash bin the day of the incident, though he wasn't sure if they were separate or one fire had reignited.

Police are asking that anyone with information contact the department's Criminal Investigation Division at 404-294-2574 or 404-294-2570.

Photo: A DeKalb County arson inspector peers into a burned-out trash bin where the body of a newborn girl was found Sunday. / BEN GRAY / Staff

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