VA VA - Blackstone, #UP9384, WhtMale infant, 2-5 month old, 20 Sept 1976

[funkychicken]

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A dog brought the body of a 2-5 month old white male infant onto the yard of a farm off in Nottoway County, Virginia. The child had been dead for 3-4 days prior to discovery.

 

[Beccalicious]

Bumping

 

[MadMcGoo]

Sep 24, 1976, page 25 - Richmond Times-Dispatch at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com

View the digital scanned newspaper from Richmond Times-Dispatch dated Sep 24, 1976, page 25.

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- PMI: 2-4 days
- Age: about 2 1/2 weeks old
- The dog brought the baby to a home near the intersection of county rts 609 and 610, but it is unknown where the dog found the baby
- The baby died of head injuries but unknown if beaten or possibly thrown from a vehicle

 

[Melt71]

The Namus case was updated this week but no visible changes to publicly available details.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

How horrifying for the person or people who lived in that home. And that someone had a baby (2-weeks-old per article above, 2+ months old per NamUs) who they just threw away.
I wonder what they told people happened to their baby?