Mummified baby found in attic floor Toronto


	Mummified baby found in attic floor Toronto

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7-25-2007 2:10 PM

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7-25-2007 3:12 PM

ColoradoRight

Doubt that there is any criminal aspect? What in the world is this guy smoking? Finding a mummified baby in the attic is just normal? They are just too afraid to say that infanticide might be a crime I guess.

7-25-2007 3:14 PM

The REAL Napster

Wow. POPPED.

8-1-2007 3:35 PM

sidegik

i heard this story from my manager at work. trivia: it was the 'depression era', wonder if there is any connection with being abandoned.

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