WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A worker sorting trash found a dead newborn on a conveyor belt at the Palm Beach County recycling center.
Employees discovered the naked infant while separating metal and aluminum recyclables shortly after 9 p.m. Monday. There was no evidence found with the body that could help to identify him.
The body was intact, but “it was not in the best of condition. It was mixed in with all the trash.”
The infant could have come from anywhere in the county. More than 3,000 tons of trash are dumped daily at the facility and go through a series of machines before landing on the conveyor belt where workers separate the recyclables.
