Dead baby found in garbage truck; Body taken to Montgomery Co. Coroner’s Office

PLAIN CITY — A dead baby’s body was discovered in a garbage truck in central Ohio Thursday afternoon.

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The Plain City Police Department was called to the village’s waste company at around 2:20 p.m. after workers reported finding a possible human body, WBNS reported.

As officers arrived at Bluestem Lane, where the waste company is located, an infant was discovered in the back of a garbage truck, a spokesperson with the police department stated.

A preliminary investigation found that the baby was a full-term newborn, from zero to 1-month-old.

The infant was pronounced dead at 2:33 p.m. and was transported to Montgomery County Coroner’s Office where an autopsy was scheduled to be performed Friday. Officials expected the preliminary cause of the death to be determined and released on Friday. However, the full results of the autopsy would not be known for several weeks.

A community member reacted to the information and was shocked that an event such as this happened.

“Absolutely heartbreaking, really makes you want to hold your babies closer,” Danielle Steagall, a resident of Bluestem Lane, said.

“There was somebody in the neighborhood that said they heard a scream from the waste management employee,” Steagall said.

Steagall said the neighborhood is family-oriented with parents typically outside playing with their kids.

“A lot of the neighborhood has been interviewed by police. They’ve gone door to door to find out if we’ve seen any people walking by that were pregnant lately or just had a baby recently,” Steagall said.

Anyone with information related to the investigation was asked to contact police at 614-873-2921.

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