Police plan next move in baby death probe

MONTGOMERY — Montgomery police have labeled the search for a missing baby as a death investigation.
Police were trying to determine their next step in the case Wednesday.
Officials searched a Salem landfill for the infant’s body on Tuesday but no evidence was found. Major Huey Thornton said they would possibly search a Tallassee landfill as well.
The investigation began after a hospital reported that a pregnant woman came in on Oct. 19 but she refused the doctor’s advice that she should deliver the baby then. She signed a waiver and left.
She returned about a week later and was no longer pregnant. Thornton said police have reason to believe the baby might have been delivered and placed in the trash.