A woman going through her late parents’ storage unit in Delray beach, Florida on Monday was shocked to discover a mummified baby wrapped in 1950s newspapers stored inside a small suitcase nested in a larger suitcase. She called police who are bringing in a forensic anthropologist to determine when and how the baby died. From CNN:
The body was “very well preserved. In my experience, I have not seen remains in that condition after such a long time,” said Police Lt. Mark Woods…
The daughter was notified by the warehouse owner that rent on the storage bay was overdue and the contents would be sold at auction if the account was not brought up to date, police said. She flew from New Jersey to examine the contents of the storage bay and made the gruesome discovery.
The daughter…told police she did not know of any stillbirths or abortions in the family…