Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives conducted a search of the Antelope Valley landfill Tuesday in hopes of finding the remains of a missing 3-week-old baby.
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Details on the case were slim, but sheriff's officials said deputies initially responded to the 2300 block of Carolyn Drive in Palmdale on a report of a missing child. But the case quickly turned into a death investigation, and a search began for the "remains of the infant," sheriff's officials said.
ABC7 reported the infant is 3-week old Baki Dewees, who has been missing since May 3 and was last seen with his father, 24-year-old Yusuf Dewees. Family members told the station Dewees is in custody in Utah on an unrelated matter. The child's mother is also in custody in Utah, the station reported.
Sheriff's officials did not provide any additional information or indicate what led investigators to the landfill.
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