( MSN )
Memphis Police have arrested and charged a man with dumping a baby in a dumpster behind a Whitehaven business.
James Booth, 45, is charged with abuse of a corpse. He is currently in the Shelby County Jail with a bond of $250,000.
According to MPD investigators, officers responded to a suspicious call just after 9 a.m. on Jan. 27, 2025, in the 3100 block of Teakrock Lane. They were told a girl had been on the way to the hospital when she gave birth.
Investigators said the man she was with, identified as Booth, took the baby and placed the child in a dumpster in the 1300 block of East Shelby Drive, where officers found the child dead. MPD said the mother was taken to Regional One Hospital in non-critical condition.
Booth was arrested the next day in the 5400 block of Hudgins.
Police have not said how or exactly when the baby died. They said the investigation is ongoing.
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