The remains of a newborn baby were found at a Massachusetts recycling plant on Thursday, prosecutors said Friday as police investigated.
Rochester police initially announced the investigation, saying only that the department was investigating what was believed to be the remains of a baby. They said in a social media post Thursday that a 911 caller had reported the discovery of "what appeared to be the body of a human baby in the recycling products" at Harvey Waste on Cranberry Highway.
Police responded to the call around 10:40 a.m., Rochester police said. Processing at the plant was stopped as authorities investigated.
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On Friday morning, the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office announced that state police were investigating the newborn's death after a 10:40 a.m. 911 call from the Zero Waste Solutions recycling facility.
"The caller reported that infant remains were found within a trash collection that was trucked to the facility for disposal," the office said in a statement.
The medical examiner was working to determine how the baby died.
Back in April, Massachusetts State Police said the remains of a newborn baby girl were found at the waste processing facility called Zero Waste Solutions that an employee told NBC10 Boston was the same facility. It's unclear if that case was ever solved.
No further information was immediately available.
