Unknown Infant

Description: 
Unknown Infant
Sex: 
Female
Child: 
infant
Race: 
Black
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths, do say: That said infant child came to her death by some manner to the Jurors unknown

COD Short Description: 
dead infant found by dogs under a step--it was either stillborn or infanticide
Original Record: 
2312

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