Overview
- The Bronx discovery occurred Wednesday on East 223rd Street in Olinville, where a 71-year-old resident found a newborn with the umbilical cord attached inside a trash bag outside an apartment door.
- Officers rushed the infant to Montefiore Medical Center, where the child was listed in stable condition, according to police.
- Police arrested Claudette Tinnin, 28, hours after the Bronx recovery on charges including reckless endangerment, abandonment of a child, and acting in a manner injurious to a child, with arraignment pending.
- On Thursday around 11 a.m., workers at NYCHA’s Bay View Houses in Canarsie located a black bag under a pile of leaves containing the remains of a male fetus estimated at five to seven months’ gestation.
- The Brooklyn case remains under investigation with no arrests, the body was taken to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner for autopsy, and police asked the public to submit tips to Crime Stoppers.