Two Dead Babies Discovered In The Bronx

Two bodies of dead baby boys wrapped in brown paper were dumped in a patio behind Claremont building in the Bronx. The building superintendent discovered the bodies around 1:45 p.m. on Monday.

The NYPD said one of the babies had a puncture wound that might have occurred at birth, while the other had a head injury and a blue string wrapped around his neck. The authorities did not have any information on the parents of the twin boys but they believe the babies had been thrown from one of the windows inside the building where they were found.

Osvaldo Volquez, a 72-year-old resident of the building, said he called 911 after the gruesome discovery of the dead bodies. He said he saw one of the babies curled up in a fetal position with the placenta of their mother wrapped in the paper with them.

“I could see its little hands and feet,” he said, adding that the babies were fully formed and weighed around three to four pounds.

Volquez also said the baby boys appeared to have been dead when they were dumped in the building. “It is a terrible act of humanity,” he said. “I don’t know who would do such a thing,” he added.

Another Claremont resident, Tytiana Lomax, revealed that blood spatter was still visible as of Monday night on the ground in the back patio area of the building. The area was reportedly not accessible to non-residents of the building.

Lomax also said the people in the 40-unit building know each other and she did not notice anyone pregnant recently. The NYPD said they will canvass the building for more information and look for surveillance footage that can aid the investigation.

At a press conference on Monday evening, NYPD Deputy Chief Timothy McCormack urged the public to help the NYPD with the probe. He also said whoever left the dead infants could face charges of disposing human remains and more, depending on what the medical examiner finds was their cause of death.