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Newborn Abandoned In Morris County Honored With Annual Christmas Eve Service Newborn Abandoned In Morris County Honored With Annual Christmas Eve Service
Newborn Abandoned In Morris County Honored With Annual Christmas Eve Service Police in Morris County are holding an annual graveside service for Baby Mary — a newborn who was found abandoned on Christmas Eve by two boys playing in the woods in the 1980s. Her death remains unsolved. The body of a newborn girl was found by two boys playing near 7 Harmony Lane in Mendham Township on Christmas Eve in 1984, according to the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office. The newborn’s death was ruled a homicide, and she was adopted by the police department with help from Chaplain Father Mike Drury, named Baby Mary and given a proper burial at St. Joe's in the borough. “Every Christ…

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