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NamUs #UP85483
Demographics
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group: Infant
Estimated Age Range (Years): 0-1
Estimated Year of Death: N/A
Estimated PMI: N/A
Height: 1'6" (18 inches), Measured
Weight: 5-6 lbs, Estimated
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: November 17, 1987
NamUs Case Created: October 19, 2021
ME/C QA Reviewed: N/A
Location Found: Simi Valley, California
County: Ventura County
Circumstances of Recovery: According to investigator information, an employee of Oxnard Harvest Company was cleaning up the area outside of the Simi Valley landfill when the witness noticed a brown paper bag on an access road. The bag was torn and a human baby foot was visible. The decedent displayed early signs of postmortem decomposition.
Inventory of Remains: N/A
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Physical Description
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: No information entered
Clothing and Accessories
- White towel with "Cannon Monticello" label (On the Body)
- Decedent was found in a brown paper bag with the label "Alpha Beta" on it. (Near the Body)
News Coverage
"Body of Baby Discovered in Bag," Los Angeles Times, 18 November 1987, F10.
David Wharton, "'It Can't Happen Here': Simi Valley Asks Tough Questions in Wake of 2 Dead Baby Cases," Los Angeles Times, 10 December 1987, F1, F2.
[part 1] [part 2]
Nearly 100 mourners attended separate funerals for the infants, Baby Jane Doe I and Baby Jane Doe II. Simi Valley police officers took up a collection for the headstones, and the babies were buried side by side.
[...]
Meanwhile, at the Simi Valley Police Department, Detective Sgt. Harper searches without much hope for the mother of the second abandoned baby.
"Having seen both those babies in those bags, it's something I'll never forget," he said. "It just breaks your heart. I've been here 13 years and I don't think there's anything I can remember that has drawn this community closer than these two incidents."
Demographics
Sex: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
Estimated Age Group: Infant
Estimated Age Range (Years): 0-1
Estimated Year of Death: N/A
Estimated PMI: N/A
Height: 1'6" (18 inches), Measured
Weight: 5-6 lbs, Estimated
Circumstances
Type: Unidentified Deceased
Date Body Found: November 17, 1987
NamUs Case Created: October 19, 2021
ME/C QA Reviewed: N/A
Location Found: Simi Valley, California
County: Ventura County
Circumstances of Recovery: According to investigator information, an employee of Oxnard Harvest Company was cleaning up the area outside of the Simi Valley landfill when the witness noticed a brown paper bag on an access road. The bag was torn and a human baby foot was visible. The decedent displayed early signs of postmortem decomposition.
Inventory of Remains: N/A
Condition of Remains: Not recognizable - Decomposing/putrefaction
Physical Description
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Unknown
Distinctive Physical Features: No information entered
Clothing and Accessories
- White towel with "Cannon Monticello" label (On the Body)
- Decedent was found in a brown paper bag with the label "Alpha Beta" on it. (Near the Body)
News Coverage
"Body of Baby Discovered in Bag," Los Angeles Times, 18 November 1987, F10.
David Wharton, "'It Can't Happen Here': Simi Valley Asks Tough Questions in Wake of 2 Dead Baby Cases," Los Angeles Times, 10 December 1987, F1, F2.
[part 1] [part 2]
Nearly 100 mourners attended separate funerals for the infants, Baby Jane Doe I and Baby Jane Doe II. Simi Valley police officers took up a collection for the headstones, and the babies were buried side by side.
[...]
Meanwhile, at the Simi Valley Police Department, Detective Sgt. Harper searches without much hope for the mother of the second abandoned baby.
"Having seen both those babies in those bags, it's something I'll never forget," he said. "It just breaks your heart. I've been here 13 years and I don't think there's anything I can remember that has drawn this community closer than these two incidents."
