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Detectives Trying To ID Newborn Abandoned On NJ Trash 37 Years Ago Detectives Trying To ID Newborn Abandoned On NJ Trash 37 Years Ago
Detectives Trying To ID Newborn Abandoned On NJ Trash 37 Years Ago The day after Thanksgiving in 1986, sanitation workers in South Orange made a grisly discovery. A dead baby was found atop a trash can behind an apartment building at 5 Cottage Street in South Orange on Nov. 28, 1986, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.  The body was wrapped in a towel and a yellow table runner and placed in a wicker picnic basket, which was left on the trash can, prosecutors said. The white male baby weighed five pounds and still had his umbilical cord, prosecutors said. For 37 years, detectives have been unable to identify the baby or his parents or relatives…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Gunmen At Large In Pair Of Same-Day Trenton Killings Gunmen At Large In Pair Of Same-Day Trenton Killings
Gunmen At Large In Pair Of Same-Day Trenton Killings The gunmen behind a pair of same-day fatal shootings in Trenton remain at large, authorities said. William Mitchell, 33, was found with multiple gunshot wounds as Trenton Police officers responded to the Breunig Avenue Park around 1:45 p.m. Monday, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. Mitchell, of Trenton, was taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center and pronounced dead shortly after, authorities said. Later that evening, officers responding to a Shot Spotter activation located Jermel Carter, 38, near 57 Ellsworth Ave. just after 8 p.m. He had suffered multiple gunshot wo…

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by Valerie Musson