Police Discover Dead ‘Baby’ in Park is Actually Realistic-Looking Doll

In this image taken from video provided by WABC-TV, New York City Police department vehicles are parked near a crime scene outside Crocheron Park in the Queens borough of New York, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Police say what appeared to be a dead infant in a grassy area outside the park turned out to be a realistic-looking doll. WABC-TV via AP

What looked like a horrific scene near a park in Queens turned out to be nothing more than “a lifelike prop,” according to New York police.

At about 8 a.m. on Tuesday, June 18, a runner spotted what she thought was a baby in the grass outside Crocheron Park in the neighborhood of Bayside, reported Fox5.