Dead body of a newborn baby found abandoned in an apartment

On July 13, the dead body of a baby was found in the flowerbeds of a Suseodong apartment. According to the press, the infant's body had been wrapped in a towel and left in the flowerbeds behind the apartment. A passerby noticed the bundle and immediately notified the police.

A filed complaint stated, "Although the passerby initially mistook the body for a doll, they saw the umbilical cord still attached. The towel was covering half of the baby's face, and the towel itself was soaked with blood."�

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The placenta was found to still be around the baby, which was discovered to be a girl infant who weighed 3 kilograms (~6.6 pounds).

The police are currently reviewing CCTV of the nearby quadrants in an attempt to find the responsible party�that immediately dumped the baby after giving birth to it�. "As soon as the results of the autopsy come out, we will launch a full-fledged investigation," they said.�