Roofers Find Baby’s Body in Trash Bin Outside South Florida Apartment Complex

Investigator dusts for fingerprints at a large trash bin outside of an apartment complex in Hollywood, Fla., on Jan. 8, 2024, where construction workers found a dead baby. Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP

HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—Workers at a South Florida roofing company found a baby’s body in a large trash bin outside an apartment complex Monday morning, police said.

Police arrived around 8 a.m. and began lifesaving measures, but the baby was unresponsive, Hollywood police spokesperson Deanna Bettineschi said in a statement. She said an investigation is continuing and offered no additional details about the baby.