ROANOKE TIMES
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DATE: Saturday, February 8, 1997 TAG: 9702100056
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-4 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH
The body of an infant boy was discovered Friday by a worker at the Southeastern Public Service Authority plant mixed with trash on a conveyor belt heading toward a shredding machine.
A temporary worker hired to scan the material on the belts for aluminum and other recyclables noticed the body about 7:30 a.m., police Detective Amber Whittaker said.
It was the third infant's body found at the plant in the last two years, Whittaker said. The origins of the other two, found in February 1995 and June 1996, have never been traced, she said.
Police could not immediately tell how long the baby might have lived or how it had died, and they appealed to the public for clues.
``We know somebody has to know about this, or they know somebody who was pregnant but is no longer pregnant,'' said Whittaker.
The worker, provided by a temporary service, received counseling.
``She was really upset,'' said Durwood Curling, executive director of the plant. He declined to identify the woman further.
- Associated Press
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