Authorities are looking at how a Dallas embalmed newborn arrived in a linens package meant for a dry cleaner in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Tuesday night, just after 9 p.m., Shreveport police were summoned to Alsco Uniforms on Hollywood Avenue following staff reports of what looked to be a mummified newborn wrapped in clothes.
Cpl. Chris Bordelon remarked, “It was a rather disturbing scene.” “Officers discovered what appeared to be a small infant, what was described as mummified.”
Detectives found the linens originated at Golden Gate Funeral Home in Dallas. Police claimed the youngster passed on May 3 and was supposed to be cremated after a funeral on May 17, but the body wound up in a laundry shipment headed for Shreveport.
“It was a rather strange set of events,” Bordelon remarked. After starting their inquiry, our violent crime team found the pile of linens.
Based on the strong smell and early indications of decomposition seen at the site, detectives think the newborn has been embalmed.
Not typical of any of our crime scenes, the detective on scene even informed me it smelled strongly of formaldehyde.
The only identity police have officially confirmed is that the infant was discovered sporting clothes emblazoned with the initials “K.M.,”
The Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office now owns the remains, which are being coordinated to be returned to the family in Dallas.
Authorities claimed that the Texas Funeral Service Commission has been informed and that the inquiry will go over state boundaries.
“There are laws when it comes to disposal of bodies, and the funeral home and or any individuals involved could be subject to those laws,” Bordelon remarked.
“No family should have to go through these regrettable circumstances,” Bordelon remarked.
