Dead baby at garbage center may be from Andover trash

The body of an infant found at a garbage-processing facility in Stamford, Conn., may have come from Andover, Mass., police said.

A worker at City Carting in Stamford found the body yesterday morning and called 911, police said.

“Stamford Police, Fire and EMS responded to 61 Taylor Reed Place and confirmed that the child was deceased. The child appeared to be a full term newborn boy. Stamford Major Crime and Crime Scene investigators responded to the scene and are currently conducting an investigation. A team from The State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner responded to the scene and is assisting in this investigation,” a police statement said.

“Investigators are attempting to determine the origin of the recyclables that were processed this morning. At this point, investigators have established that material was dropped off from companies that operate in the following areas: Stamford, CT; Greenwich, CT; Somers, NY; Oyster Bay area of Long Island, NY; and Andover, MA.

“The Stamford Police Department is urging for anyone with information to contact SPD Major Crimes at 203-977-4420. All calls will be kept confidential.”

Pam Sawyer, a former state representative from Bolton who worked on Connecticut’s Safe Haven legislation 2000, told the Stamford Advocate, “It takes my breath away because someone was in distress. If it was a stillborn baby, they will be grieving terribly and someone is out there, a mother or a couple in need of help. If this was a neonaticide (killed right after birth), we have a lot more work to do promoting the baby Safe Haven law.”