THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, March 19, 1995 TAG: 9503190028
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH LENGTH: Short : 32 lines
Baby Angel Valentine, born without a name or a family, will have both when she is buried on Wednesday.
Her name came from the workers who found the unidentified newborn in the garbage at the Southeastern Public Service Authority's trash-to-steam plant Feb. 13.
Standing in as her family will be Portsmouth detectives and police officers who arranged a funeral for the girl.
They wrote to Social Services for burial-assistance money and arranged with Fisher Funeral Home in Portsmouth and Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Chesapeake to handle the preparation of the body and the burial.
A police chaplain will officiate at the noon graveside service at Greenlawn, 3920 Airline Blvd., near Greenwood Drive.
``The negative side is, we still haven't been able to establish the identity of the mother of this baby,'' said Cpl. G.A. Brown, a police spokesman. The few leads received by investigators have turned into dead ends.
KEYWORDS: ABANDONED BABY by CNB