male baby

Description: 
male baby
Sex: 
Male
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Sallie Burnett
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Infanticide
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that. . .he was feloniously murdered and thrown in the Salud River at the hands of his own Mother or at the hands of Some one known to her

COD Short Description: 
thrown in Saluda River
Original Record: 
3770

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