I don't even know what to say about this. This is really too bizarre for words. Unbelieveable! What would make someone do such a thing?
Baby in shopping bag was smothered, report says
Originally published: October 18, 2013 4:35 PM Updated: October 18, 2013 6:59 PM By ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO
anthony.destefano@newsday.com
Police believe the baby whose body was found in a shopping bag at a Victoria's Secret store in Manhattan was born alive and smothered to death, The Associated Press reported Friday.
But the city medical examiners office Friday only listed the baby's autopsy results as "pending" further tests. A police spokesman reiterated the medical examiner's statement.
A spokeswoman for the medical examiner's office said the results of the autopsy were awaiting the results of toxicology and tissue tests. The office would not say if the baby had lived for any period of time or what may have killed it.
The remains were found Thursday by security guards at the women's lingerie store at Herald Square. The guards had stopped two 17-year-old women on suspicion of shoplifting. While inspecting the bags of the women the guards noticed a strong odor and found the baby inside the bag of Tiana Rodriguez of Brooklyn, police said.
Rodriguez, who police believe gave birth to the baby, was taken to Bellevue Hospital for observation while her friend Francis Estevez of Queens was questioned by police at the Midtown South Precinct.
http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/baby-in-shopping-bag-was-smothered-report-says-1.6280912
Baby in shopping bag was smothered, report says
Originally published: October 18, 2013 4:35 PM Updated: October 18, 2013 6:59 PM By ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO
anthony.destefano@newsday.com
Police believe the baby whose body was found in a shopping bag at a Victoria's Secret store in Manhattan was born alive and smothered to death, The Associated Press reported Friday.
But the city medical examiners office Friday only listed the baby's autopsy results as "pending" further tests. A police spokesman reiterated the medical examiner's statement.
A spokeswoman for the medical examiner's office said the results of the autopsy were awaiting the results of toxicology and tissue tests. The office would not say if the baby had lived for any period of time or what may have killed it.
The remains were found Thursday by security guards at the women's lingerie store at Herald Square. The guards had stopped two 17-year-old women on suspicion of shoplifting. While inspecting the bags of the women the guards noticed a strong odor and found the baby inside the bag of Tiana Rodriguez of Brooklyn, police said.
Rodriguez, who police believe gave birth to the baby, was taken to Bellevue Hospital for observation while her friend Francis Estevez of Queens was questioned by police at the Midtown South Precinct.
http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/baby-in-shopping-bag-was-smothered-report-says-1.6280912
