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A CHILD OF GOD: M, Infant, found in a Buena Vista County recycli
ng center shredder - 30 May 2002
By: Akoya Date: July 1, 2020, 10:55 am
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An infant baby boy between 24 and 48 hours old was found in a
shredder at the Harold Rowley Recycling Center in Buena Vista
County outside Storm Lake on May 30, 2002.
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Re: A CHILD OF GOD: M, Infant, found in a Buena Vista County rec
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“A Child of God” Baby Boy Doe
Homicide
Infant 24 hours old
Harold Rowley Recycling Center
Storm Lake, IA
Buena Vista County
Investigating Agency: Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Office
May 30, 2002
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An infant baby boy between 24 and 48 hours old was found in a
shredder at the Harold Rowley Recycling Center in Buena Vista
County outside Storm Lake on May 30, 2002.
Workers found the baby’s remains in the trash chute on the
conveyor where recyclables were separated, and the infant’s body
had been damaged by the shredder.
Storm Lake citizens dubbed this second abandoned infant “A Child
of God.”
Buena Vista County in Iowa
Storm Lake in Buena Vista CountyStorm Lake in Buena Vista County
The county offered a reward for any information leading to the
baby’s identity, but no one ever came forward.
Machine-dated time cards from 1990 and 1991 were found in the
vicinity of the child, though officials later ruled them as
unrelated to the baby boy.
Six years earlier, a two-day-old “Baby Doe” was found dead
inside a closet at an abandoned Storm Lake mobile home. That
case also remains open.
In a Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune article dated January 3, 2004,
Sheriff Chuck Eddy said the ‘Child of God’ case was never far
from his mind.
“It is still open and it will stay open. We have no leads to go
on, but if someone can give us something to work with – anything
– we will actively investigate it. We are still looking for
answers,” Eddy said.
Officials took DNA samples from the infant before burial with
hopes that a genetic profile could eventually be matched against
a potential suspect.
“My personal feeling is that this was not a case of someone just
passing through who decided to dump off a baby and drive away. I
feel that this was a person who lived here, and very well may
still live here,” Eddy told the Pilot-Tribune.
In a Storm Lake Pilot Tribune editorial dated May 5, 2016, the
newspaper said:
I’m stunned. Baby drop-off boxes. Even animal shelters don’t
have drop-off boxes – we couldn’t imagine treating an animal
that way.
Have we really come to this point – when life is respected and
valued so little that babies are to be cast off in a drive-up
box?
“Baby Moses” or “Safe Haven” laws began to be put in place in
the late 1990s. Iowa joined the movement in the wake of a 2001
case in eastern Iowa where a teenage mother killed her
home-delivered infant. Safe Haven laws allow a parent to drop
off an unwanted baby – usually up to two weeks or a month old –
at designated locations. Depending on the state, these may
include hospitals, fire stations, police stations, churches or
with a 911 EMT). There are no questions, no repercussions.
Apparently that isn’t easy enough.
You can’t get much more anonymous than stuffing your newborn
into a steel drive-by box. Full Story
No clue to the identity of either baby or their parents has ever
been found, and all leads have long since been exhausted, the
Pilot-Tribune reported in January 2004.
Information Needed
If you have any information about the identity of this child,
please contact the Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Office at (712)
749-2530.
Sources:
Buena Vista County Sheriff’s Office
“Baby drop boxes? God help us.” The Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune,
Thursday, May 5, 2016
“Reopening the Baby Doe scars,” Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune
editorial, Thursday, October 20, 2005
“A Community guide to preventing CHILD ABUSE — Candlelight
Vigil: Is enough being done in prevention?” by Dana Larsen,
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune Editor, Saturday, April 22, 2005
“Lost Baby Cases: Police, sheriff keep cold cases open, long for
clues to infant identities,” The Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, April
22, 2005
“‘Still hope’ to solve tragic baby mysteries,” by Dana Larsen,
The Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune, January 3, 2004
“Baby Mysteries: Could two cases be connected?” by Dana Larsen,
The Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, Saturday, January 3, 2004
“Storm Lake keeps memory of baby alive,” by Associated Press,
The Quad-City Times, May 31, 2003
“Storm Lake divided as nation watches: Women are questioned and
a debate rages as investigators search for leads on a dead
baby,” by Staci Hupp, The Des Moines Register, Aug. 11, 2002
“Pursuit vs. privacy,” The Chicago Tribune, August 10, 2002
“Pilot Tribune Commentary: Planned Parenthood battle,” by Dana
Larsen, The Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune, Saturday, July 6, 2002
“Baby Left at Recycling Center and Shredded; records sought from
Planned Parenthood,” by Stacy Hupp, The Des Moines Register,
July 3, 2002
“Investigators stumped on infant death,” The Storm Lake Times,
June 8, 2002
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Re: A CHILD OF GOD: M, Infant, found in a Buena Vista County rec
ycling center shredder - 30 May 2002
By: Akoya Date: July 1, 2020, 10:58 am
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Harold Rowley Recycling Center
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Address: 1263 630th St, Storm Lake, IA 50588
Hours:
Closed ⋅ Opens 7:30AM Mon
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Re: A CHILD OF GOD: M, Infant, found in a Buena Vista County rec
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By: Akoya Date: July 1, 2020, 11:04 am
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Baby's body found in recycling center near Storm Lake
Nate Tullis
Jun 1, 2002
he discovery of infant remains at a rural Storm Lake, Iowa,
recycling center has left area authorities with many unanswered
questions.
Buena Vista County Sheriff Chuck Eddy said the remains were
discovered Thursday afternoon after they went through the
mechanized recycling process. An employee at the Harrold Rowley
Recycling Center, located southeast of Storm Lake, noticed a
head of an infant and shut down the line.
"It was kind of at the end of the whole process where the stuff
that goes to the compost pile gets separated from the stuff that
goes to the landfill," Eddy said. "It just happened that one
Dumpster was full and he was putting another one in when he
could see the chute where the stuff comes out. He could see what
looked like human remains or a head."
Investigators from the Buena Vista County Sheriff's Office,
Storm Lake Police Department and the Iowa Division of Criminal
Investigation are working on the case along with the Iowa State
Medical Examiner.
On Friday afternoon, a report from the Iowa State Medical
Examiner revealed the child was born 24 to 48 hours prior to its
discovery at the recycling center. The infant was found to be a
male with dark hair. The infant's race or ethnicity is not
known, except that he was not black.
Due to the condition of the infant, a cause or manner of death
has not been determined. More extensive tests are being
performed by the medical examiner. The case is being
investigated as a suspicious death, but a homicide investigation
may ensue.
"It depends on what turns up," Eddy said. "We're interviewing
people -- people at the hospitals, doctor's offices, schools,
public health, Planned Parenthood, garbage services -- anything
that we can think of to come up with some leads to get
information on who possibly could have had this child and
disposed of it."
The recycling center gets material every day from many different
areas throughout the county, Eddy said. The general public can
drop off recyclable material and it also serves communities such
as Alta and Sioux Rapids. The origin of the remains remained a
mystery Friday evening.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the
Buena Vista County Sheriff's Office at (712) 749-2530.
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Re: A CHILD OF GOD: M, Infant, found in a Buena Vista County rec
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