PORTLAND — Police say the body of a newborn girl has been found in a north Portland recycling center.
Detective Kristina Coffey said in a statement that the body was found Tuesday at EFI Recycling.
Forensic pathologist Larry Lewman of the state medical examiner’s office reports that the baby was nearly full-term and was alive and breathing at birth.
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