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May. 13, 2008
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Infant boy found dead in restroom

Strip hotel workers spot body in trash can

By ANTONIO PLANAS
REVIEW-JOURNAL

A dead baby was found in a women's restroom Sunday night at the Excalibur.

Hotel employees found the body inside a trash can and reported it to the Metropolitan Police Department about 9:40 p.m., police Lt. Lew Roberts said Monday.

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    • Roberts said that when police arrived at the Excalibur, they found a baby boy wrapped in a pillowcase with some towels around him inside an Excalibur gift bag on the restroom's floor.

    He said tests are being done to determine whether the baby was breathing when he was born, but the investigation is being treated as a homicide.

    Roberts said the infant had an intact placenta with an umbilical cord.

    Police have no suspects, he said.

    "We're trying to track down video to show who went in and out of the bathroom," Roberts said. "It could have been a guest, it could have been a hotel worker, it could have been someone off the streets."

    The restroom is near the elevators leading to guest tower No. 1, police said.

    MGM Mirage spokeswoman Yvette Monet confirmed the discovery of the baby on the property but would not provide any details.

    "This is a police matter," she said. "The investigation is continuing, and we're cooperating with the authorities."

    Review-Journal writer Lynnette Curtis contributed to this report. Contact reporter Antonio Planas at aplanas@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638.



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    GOD wrote on May 13, 2008 09:59 PM: What part of though shall not kill do you dolts not understand?!


    hotcop wrote on May 13, 2008 08:26 PM: Anger management? Are you serious? Sounds like you need to take "pull your head out of your butt 101".


    SHANNON wrote on May 13, 2008 05:32 PM: with all the survallance these casinos have, they should be able to come up with something, and when they do i hope this sad excuse for a women burns in hell. that poor baby wasnt even given a chance because of her!


    D wrote on May 13, 2008 04:38 PM: Animals in the wild treat their young better than most humans. Maybe they can learn a thing or two from the animal kingdom.


    2zero wrote on May 13, 2008 04:30 PM: "hotcop"....please; anger management classes. Thanks you.


    J wrote on May 13, 2008 04:13 PM: Can we please have more advertising and information in the media about where you can take a baby and leave it without any hassle. Obviously, the woman who had this baby was fearful of the consequences of having this baby. Baby havens are police stations, fire stations, and any ER room. Leave a baby under 3 days old, no questions asked.


    2zero wrote on May 13, 2008 03:51 PM: Breaking news....DNA test results determine it is the spawn of Governor Gibbons.


    Herb wrote on May 13, 2008 11:32 AM: This is a byproduct of a culture that accepts abortion as normal. It isn't a big leap from killing a fetus in the womb to dumping a newborn in the trash. We have a large percentage of the population with no ethics or respect for human life.

    This is also a byproduct of the sexual revolution. The Bible forbids casual sex outside of marriage. Leftists have long brainwashed people to ignore the Bible and have as much casual sex as possible. Well there is a huge price to pay for that including millions of unwanted children.


    David wrote on May 13, 2008 11:07 AM: People today just want to enjoy the fruits of the loin without the responsibility that comes with it. Typical of this Sodom and Gamorrah society we live in, fueled by the likes of the Maloofs and Fertitas. Being a betting town, I wager that this irresponsible 'child' will be pregnant within a year. Will her pregnancy result in another unwanted child? For societies sake, I hope not.


    Vindictive wrote on May 13, 2008 10:26 AM: This is not far removed from the violence done to the unborn everyday in this country. Wonder why this sort of thing happens? Go figure...


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