Sometimes you just forget you have stuff:
The partially mummified body of a baby, wrapped in 1950s newspapers, was found Monday by a woman going through her deceased parents' belongings in a southeast Florida storage facility, according to police."It was a baby boy, partially mummified," said Delray Beach police spokesman Jeff Messer. "The woman was pretty upset when she found it. You could make out the features pretty clearly." The child had hair, he said.
The body was in a small suitcase, which was placed inside a larger suitcase, said Messer, who viewed the remains.
"It was spooky," Messer said.
The baby was wrapped in a newspaper called The Daily Times, dated January 9, 1957, police said. Authorities are not sure where it was published, but were checking the New York and New Jersey area because the couple lived there before retiring in Florida.
Every family has a skeleton in the closet: I'll go for broke and say this is theirs.
damn, a real life Slingblade story...but instead of
Robert Duvall clacking his teeth and mumbling "ain't got no boy" it's more like Robert DeNiro saying "
whaddya gonna do 'bout it" ..
poor lady... this certainly changed things for the
whole family history part of her world.
That's one of the most sad things I've ever heard.
Donnah, Did you ever hear anymore about that boy downstate who was repeatedly snakebitten but carried a smaller boy away from the snakes to safety? I sent him a card and short note, a combination comic & "learn how to draw" book,& some colored pencils. I figured it would be awhile before he could walk again, so he might like something to do while sitting. I sent it by Delivery Confirmation and I received notification it was delivered but I never heard anything from the boy or his family so I've been worried about him and pray for him, do you know if he survived and is okay?
His story particularly touched my heart because he obviously cares for other people so much and is so courageous, he reminds me of my son who was in a sudden accident when he was 15. He would have been 18 this week.
FloridaSuzie