Newborn Girl Found Dead in Garbage Truck in Ohio

[Sugar Cookie]

Police in Plain City, Ohio, received a disturbing call Thursday afternoon — human remains had been found in the back of a garbage truck. Responding officers soon found the body of an infant.

"The infant appeared to be a full-term newborn from zero to one month of age," officials initially said in a press release.

A resident said the discovery shocked the Bluestem Lane neighborhood. "There was somebody in the neighborhood that said they heard a scream from the waste management employee," the resident, Danielle Steagall, told CBS affiliate WBNS.


"Absolutely heartbreaking, really makes you want to hold your babies closer," Steagall told the station.

Medics pronounced the infant dead and police secured the scene. The local coroner's office and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation responding to the scene.

The remains were taken for a preliminary autopsy that was performed by the Montgomery County Medical Examiner's Office Friday morning. Officials said there was no known cause of death.

"The autopsy did reveal that the deceased infant was female and that the umbilical cord was still attached," according to a police update. "Our office has submitted evidence obtained during the autopsy to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation Laboratory for DNA analysis."

Infant found dead inside garbage truck in Ohio

"The autopsy did reveal that the deceased infant was female and that the umbilical cord was still attached," officials said in a press release.

www.cbsnews.com

DNA evidence from the autopsy is being submitted to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation for analysis, police said, and numerous tips have been given to detectives. Video from a variety of sources, including home security systems and the trash truck itself, is being reviewed.

Plain City police said every effort is being made to identify the infant and determine what led to her death. Police are also concerned about the mother and her health, particularly given the likelihood that the baby girl was born without professional medical assistance.

Preliminary autopsy of newborn girl found in Plain City trash truck released

The autopsy of the infant girl did not provide an immediately known cause of death.

www.dispatch.com

 

[zzouy]

I feel bad for that WM employee. I can’t imagine horrible that was to discover.

 

[thuumpr]

Someone thought 'A baby would be aweesome!'
After a minute or two, thought 'A baby would be awful!'

 

[Ella Mayo]

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[thuumpr]

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[Ella Mayo]

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[thuumpr]

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[Sejanus]

I always thought it was about throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
I guess this way you wouldn't get a plugged drain.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Nearly two years after an infant girl was found dead in the back of a Madison County garbage truck, one person has been formally charged.

According to the Madison County Prosecutor’s Office, a grand jury returned a single-count indictment against the mother of the baby for gross abuse of a corpse, a fifth-degree felony. The suspect, Anuradha Manukonda, was charged on March 13, 22 months after the infant was found.

The Plain City Division of Police initially responded after receiving a call from a refuse company on reports of a human body found in the rear hopper, or collection point, of a refuse truck. The Pleasant Valley Joint Fire District pronounced the baby, with the umbilical cord still attached, dead at 2:33 p.m. on June 15, 2023.

Authorities tied Manukonda to the baby’s death after she was identified, interviewed and subject to a DNA test, which confirmed her as the baby’s mother. She is accused of putting the infant’s body in an exterior trash can, which was later collected by the refuse company. She is not believed to live or work within Plain City or in Madison County.

Residents of Plain City held a funeral for the baby, who was named “Madison” by the community, which included hundreds of cars following the funeral procession to Forest Grove Cemetery. A gravestone was donated by Longstreth Memorials.

Read more

https://www.wdtn.com/news/ohio/mother-charged-in-death-of-infant-found-in-plain-city-garbage-truck/

 

[HEREIBE22]

It looks like they have not proved the child was born alive. I have a daughter the same age as this mother. I have 2 beautiful grandchildren. This woman is from Fairborn, Ohio so she drove about 45 minutes to dump the body. Her next hearing is 1/20/26.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

An Ohio woman will avoid prison after her infant daughter was found dead in a trash can, authorities recently announced.

In August, Anuradha Manukonda, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of gross abuse of a corpse.

Late last week, she was sentenced to 90 days in jail and five years of community control, or probation, by Madison County Common Pleas Court Judge Eamon Costello.

The Plain City Police Department remarked upon the resolution of the case in a press release, saying the defendant was "finally sentenced for the only crime that could be proven."

The investigation began when the discarded child was found on June 16, 2023, "in the back of a garbage truck" on Bluestem Lane in Plain City.

"Our community was saddened, shocked, and devastated at the discovery," the police department said. "She was named Madison Baby Doe and a funeral service, attended by over 100 people, was held soon after to memorialize and honor this precious baby girl."

"With the final chapter written, our community now has a degree of closure," the police department said. "Two dates on the calendar, separated by 1240 days, shows our unwavering commitment to Madison Baby Doe and our community. We will always remember that horrific day in the summer of 2023 and we will NEVER forget Madison Baby Doe."

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/mother-avoids-prison-time-over-stillborn-daughter-discarded-into-the-trash-and-found-in-back-of-a-garbage-truck/