infant

Sex: 
Female
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
unknown
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Infanticide
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said infant was murdered by being thrown into an unused well by some person or persons to the jurors unknown

COD Short Description: 
thrown into unused well
Notes: 
infant
Original Record: 
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