A homicide investigation has been launched after two babies were found dead in a trash can in Cleveland, Ohio, police said.
They were dead when officers found them Saturday night, according to public records made available by the Cleveland Police Division. The cause and manner of death have not been disclosed.
«Preliminary information indicates that the child’s mother, a 16-year-old woman, had given birth to the babies days earlier,» police said in a statement.
Police have not identified the mother.
The discovery was made after a caller notified police that her daughter, who had recently given birth, «threw the babies in the trash,» according to a police report of the incident.
The caller said her daughter had not realized she was pregnant, the record says.
The teenager was taken to a hospital, but her condition has not been released.
Police and prosecutors did not respond to questions about whether the teen had been arrested and booked, and the area public defender’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday.
«Investigators will present the facts of this case to the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office,» the Cleveland Police Division said.