Newborn With Umbilical Cord Attached Found Dead in South El Monte Park

Newborn With Umbilical Cord Attached Found Dead in South El Monte Park
Police tape are seen in a park in a file photo. Sam Upshaw/Courier Journal via AP
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SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif.—Authorities April 29 were still searching for a woman who abandoned a newborn child found dead with his umbilical cord attached in the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area.

Homicide detectives were sent to the 1200 block of Lerma Road at about 8 a.m. Friday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.