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Newborn Baby Found In SoCal Recycling Yard

INDUSTRY, Calif. (CBS/AP) -- Homicide detectives were investigating the death of a newborn baby found in a waste collection firm's Southern California recycling yard.

City News Service says the body was found Monday afternoon on a conveyer belt at Athens Services in Industry.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department news release says detectives are investigating the death and no details are being released.

Athens Services is a waste collection and recycling company that has trash and recyclable collection contracts with several communities.

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