CA CA - Roseville, UncFem, Fetus, UP17526, "Baby Rosie", found in Saugstad Park, may have been stillborn, July'13

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NAMUS UP17526
Unidentified Female
Location Found:
Roseville, Placer County, California
Date Found: July 8, 2013

Race: Uncertain
PMI: 3 days
Estimated year of Death: 2013
Estimated Age: Fetus (0)
Height: 2' 4"(28 inches) , Measured
Weight: 4 lbs, Measured
Hair: Black
Eye Color: Unknown
Clothing: Unknown
Accessories: Baby blanket and diaper box
Circumstances: Female infant found in Saugstad Park

Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Inventory of Remains: All parts recovered

Agency Info:
ME/C Case Number:
SO13-6267

Placer County Sheriff's Office- Coroner Division - (916) 409-8253
Agency Case Number:
SO13-6267

California Department of Justice - (916) 210-3119
Megan Eschleman, Law Enforcement

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Case Media:


Fletcher, Ed "Dead newborn found in park; mother sought," The Sacramento Bee, July 9, 2013, pg B3.

"The body of a newborn, believed to be full-term, was found shortly before 8 a.m. by park workers at Saugstad Park, which is west of Interstate 80 and south of Douglas Boulevard across from Royer Park."

"The baby was wrapped in a blanket and plastic bags with the umbilical cord still attached, placed in a diaper box and hidden in bushes near a wooded area along the bike trail."

"Park workers came upon it while sweeping the area for homeless encampments."

"The baby had been there for a couple of days."

Fletcher, Ed "Autopsy of dead infant doesn't determine cause," The Sacramento Bee, June 10, 2013, pg B2.

"The autopsy...doesn't show traumatic injury."

"The baby had umbilical cord and placenta attached, was found wrapped in a blanket and plastic bag shortly before 8 a.m. near the wooded bike trail area of Saugstad Park."

Lindelof, Bill "Memorial service planned for abandoned infant," The Sacramento Bee, September 4, 2013, pg B2

"The infant appeared to have been dead for a few days."

"There were no signs of traumatic injury to the baby and that she may have been stillborn."

Hubert, Cynthia "Mourners claim 'Baby Rosie'", The Sacramento Bee, September 19, 2013, pg A1

"[The newborn] was found dead inside a cardboard box amid a bramble of wild blackberries."

"Mile Monroe and Gerald Edwards, Roseville city workers, found the baby's body on a warm July morning."

"The baby was informally named Rosie by community members."

"[The body was found] in a brightly colored Huggies box, sitting upright and taped tight...Inside the first box, he found a smaller Huggies box, also sealed rightly. That box held an object wrapped in black garbage bags."

"The baby had dark brown hair."
 

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