Overview
- A 71-year-old neighbor found a newborn with the umbilical cord still attached inside a garbage bag outside a Bronx apartment, and officers rushed the baby to Montefiore Medical Center in stable condition.
- Police arrested Claudette Tinnin, 28, hours later on charges including abandonment of a child, reckless endangerment and acting in a manner injurious to a child, with prosecutors saying she is hospitalized awaiting arraignment.
- The following day, workers discovered a male infant or fetus inside a black bag under a pile of leaves behind NYCHA’s Bay View Houses in Canarsie around 11 a.m., according to police.
- EMS pronounced the child dead at the scene and the Office of Chief Medical Examiner took custody to determine cause and timing of death; police reported no arrests.
- Outlets differ on whether the Brooklyn remains were a full-term newborn or a fetus at approximately five to seven months’ gestation, and detectives are seeking information from the public.