Newborn With Umbilical Cord Attached Found Dead in South El Monte Park
SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif.—Authorities April 29 were still searching for a woman who abandoned a newborn child found dead with his umbilical cord attached in the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area.
Homicide detectives were sent to the 1200 block of Lerma Road at about 8 a.m. Friday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Sheriff’s Lt. Hugo Reynaga told reporters at the scene that a man who was doing community service in the park was emptying trash cans when he spotted the small body on the ground.
Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics responded and pronounced the infant deceased at the scene….