HARRIS COUNTY (1080 KRLD)- Waste collection workers made a horrific discovery on Wednesday morning.
They found the body of a newborn boy in the bottom of a trash compactor inside a garbage truck in Northwest Harris County. The Harris County Sheriff's office says he was between one and 30 days old and was a full-term baby. They say garbage collectors found this after re-packing trash.
Investigators plan to comb through the trash in the truck to get clues as to where the baby may have been dumped.
This was found in a neighborhood of four to five hundred homes. It isn't known if this came from the neighborhood or if someone drove to the neighborhood and dumped the baby in the trash. They will look at surveillance video and knock on neighbor's doors. They also plan to ask neighbors if they know of anyone who was pregnant.
Texas has a Baby Moses law. Parents who do not want, or cannot care for their infant can drop them off at any hospital or fire station, no questions asked.
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