Unnamed Newborn - Found dead in backpack - Boyne City (N Lake Michigan) MI

The Boyne City Police Department says the mother of a dead newborn baby found in a backpack is a local woman.Authorities haven't released her name or age but say the woman allegedly gave birth to the infant this summer while she and her family were visiting with relatives in Taylor Michigan.The investigation has been turned over to the Taylor Police Department.
This all stems from an incident on Tuesday afternoon when a person brought in a foul smelling backpack they found in the bushes of a yard in Boyne City. They brought it to the police department and when it was opened authorities found a newborn baby wrapped in bags.An autopsy and toxicology report is still pending.

A woman with Taylor connections is now involved with a shocking find in Boyne City. Police discovered a backpack with the body of a newborn baby inside. Police aren’t saying much about the case. They’re waiting for a report from investigators in Northern Michigan, but it certainly is a case they’re not taking lightly. In the midst of mourning a fallen auxiliary officer, the Taylor Police Department now has a new investigation on its hands. It’s the death of a baby found hidden in a backpack of all things. “An individual brought in a backpack that had a very foul odor, and when (the officer) looked in the backpack, there were some plastic bags,” said Charlevoix County Prosecutor John Jarema. He says among the plastic and bag found in some Boyne City bushes was an infant. An autopsy will now determine how the child died and if it was criminal. “If it was a stillbirth, then it’s a different set of circumstances then if it was a live birth and abandoned and killed,” Jarema said. Investigators believe the baby’s mother was from Boyne City, but gave birth to the child while visiting relatives in Taylor over the summer. Police here are now in charge of the case because the thought is the baby likely died in Taylor. “The investigation’s going pretty well,” said Jarema. Autopsy results are still pending, but Taylor Police believe the baby likely died here and then was brought to Boyne City. They hope to know much more on Monday.