HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — Twenty -one years ago, a dead baby wrapped in a trash bag was found along the banks of the Shenandoah River in Harpers Ferry.
On March 21, 2004, a Harpers Ferry park ranger found the child wrapped in pink and white blankets with his umbilical cord still attached. Inside the same garbage bag were three 5-pound weights.
Investigators believe the baby was alive when he was placed in the bag and that he had not survived the 60-foot fall after being thrown from the US Rt. 340 bridge.
Community members named the child “Baby Christian” and gave him a funeral and a final resting place.
Advocates say they’re still looking to give him justice during September, which is National Cold Case Month.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call 304-728-3205
