NC NC - Pinetops, Sparta Rd, OtherMale Newborn, UP2789, in landfill, wrapped in floral curtains, Feb'94

[aThousandYearsWide]

Case File: 1948UMNC
The Doe Network

Unidentified Male

• Date of Discovery: February 25, 1994

• Location of Discovery: Pinetops, Edgecombe County, North Carolina

• Estimated Date of Death: 1 day prior

• State of Remains: Recognizable face

• Cause of Death: Unknown

Physical Description
** Listed information is approximate

• Estimated Age: Newborn, 1 to 2 days old.

• Race: Possibly Hispanic or mixed-race.

• Gender: Unknown

• Height: 21" long

• Weight: 6.5 lbs. and well-nourished.

• Hair Color: Black, thick.

• Eye Color: Brown

• Distinguishing Marks/Features: None

• Dentals: Not available.

• Fingerprints: Not available.

• DNA: Not available.

Clothing & Personal Items

• Clothing: None

• Jewelry: Unknown

• Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Case History
The body of a full-term newborn, wrapped in floral print curtains and inside a plastic Food Lion grocery bag, was located in a landfill on Sparta Road. The surrounding trash probably originated from the following areas: Crisp, Pitts Crossroads, Edgecombe Tech, Trianangle, Heritage Hospital or Town of Tarrboro. Sanitation workers believe it to be from an open trash container located at Edgecombe Technical Community College.

There were several witnesses who indicated that a young woman driving a blue car was seen in the immediate vicinity of the container looking in and around it the previous day. They considered this odd given it was raining.





Investigating Agency(s)
If you have any information about this case please contact;

• Agency Name: North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

• Agency Contact Person: Clyde Gibbs

• Agency Phone Number: 800-672-7042

• E-Mail

• Agency Case Number: 94-3663

• NCIC Case Number: N/A

• NamUs Case Number: UP #2789

• Former Hot Case Number: 1573

The Doe Network: 1948UMNC

 

[aThousandYearsWide]

What is heartbreaking about this case is the baby is estimated to have been alive for 1 or 2 days after birth which isn't seen often when it comes to baby does.

Feb 25 1994 was a Friday, so the witnesses saw the woman around the trash container on a Thursday, and the baby could have been born either Tuesday Feb 22 or Wedsnesday Feb 23. Reason I was wondering was if the mother was a student at the college. When I was in college class schedule options were Tues, Thurs classes or Mon, Weds, Fri classes. Or combined Mon-Fri.