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The Associated Press

November 03, 2009, 8:53PM

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Montgomery police searched a landfill in Salem for an
infant’s body Monday after saying they have reason to believe a newborn might
have been placed in the trash.

Major Huey Thornton told the Opelika-Auburn News Tuesday night that the
initial search in Lee County was suspended after no evidence was found.

The investigation began after a hospital reported that a pregnant woman came
in on Oct. 19 but she refused the doctor’s advice that she should deliver the
baby then. She signed a waiver and left.

“The doctor advised her that she needed to deliver that day … she came back
approximately a week later. She came back complaining of a cold,” Thornton
said.

She was not pregnant on the second visit and area hospitals were checked to
see if the woman had given birth but no records were found.

“We have reason to believe the baby may have been delivered and placed in the
trash,” Thornton said. He said the woman is not in custody because officials are
waiting until a body is found before filing charges.