"Newborn" VALENTI-RAMIREZ - Atlanta GA

The parents of the newborn found in a Dumpster were arrested Tuesday and taken
to Fulton County Jail, Atlanta police said.

Sandra Ramirez, 29, and Jesus Valenti, 26, were charged with abandonment of a
dead body, police said.

Police said the rest of their investigation hinges mostly on autopsy results
from the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office, which will make it clear
whether the baby, whose body was found Monday in an apartment complex
Dumpster, was stillborn like its mother claims.

The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office is still waiting for lab results,
which will be available either later this week or early next, Senior
Investigator Mark Guilbeau told the AJC Tuesday morning.

Atlanta Police spokesman Eric Schwartz said Tuesday that investigators are
waiting on the autopsy results and will release more information once the
case is finalized.

Until then, officials and the baby's mother and father will have to wait for a
definitive answer, one that may or may not lead to a homicide ruling.

Atlanta police found the body of the baby early Monday.

The baby's mother told investigators that she gave birth to a stillborn child
on Sunday and buried the child, Atlanta police Det. Summer Benton said.

Police were notified after the mother showed up at South Fulton Medical
Center, bleeding from the childbirth, Benton said.

Benton said the mother and the child's father were at first uncooperative, but
about 5 a.m. Monday, the mother led detectives to the baby's body in the
Dumpster at an apartment complex on Morosgo Court off Lindbergh Drive.

The parents of a newborn found dead in a Dumpster in Atlanta remain in jail, despite being granted bond.

On Tuesday afternoon, a judge set bond at $50,000 for Sandra Ramirez, 29, and Jesus Valenti, 26. The two are charged with abandonment of a dead body.

As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, the couple remained in the Fulton County jail, according to sheriff's spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan.

Atlanta Police said officers found the dead baby Monday morning in a Dumpster at an apartment complex on Morosgo Court off Lindbergh Drive.

Investigators are still waiting for the Fulton County Medical Examiner to complete an autopsy, Atlanta Police Officer Eric Schwartz said Wednesday. That will determine if the mother's claims that the baby was stillborn are accurate, police said.

The autopsy should be complete later this week or early next week, Senior Investigator Mark Guilbeau told the AJC Tuesday.

The baby's mother told investigators that she gave birth to a stillborn child on Sunday and buried the child, Atlanta police Det. Summer Benton said.

Police were notified after the mother showed up at South Fulton Medical Center, bleeding from the childbirth, Benton said.

Benton said the mother and the child's father were at first uncooperative, but about 5 a.m. Monday, the mother led detectives to the baby's body in the Dumpster at an apartment complex

The couple is scheduled to return to court Dec. 15.

Dead newborn's parents court hearing moved

By Kristi E. Swartz
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The parents of a newborn found in a Dumpster in Atlanta are scheduled to appear in Fulton County Superior Court at on the Dec. 22, a court official said.

They were scheduled to appear in court today....

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