Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says waste collection workers made the discovery in northwest Harris County.
Harris County sheriff's deputies are investigating after it was reported that a dead baby was found in the trash.Sheriff Ed Gonzalez says waste collection workers made the discovery around 9:22 a.m. in the 13200 block of Fountaincrest Court, near N. Eldridge Parkway, in the Chimney Hills neighborhood.Waste workers were doing their normal rounds when they noticed the infant at the bottom of a trash pile while they were repacking the trash.
According to Harris County Sheriff's Office officials, the baby is believed to have been carried to full term and looked between one to 30 days old.HCSO authorities will be combing through the trash to determine where it originated from so they can narrow down when the infant may have ended up in the truck.
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