{"id":1738255,"date":"2022-11-14T14:32:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1738255"},"modified":"2022-11-14T14:33:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:33:04","slug":"utterly-horrific-baby-found-dead-on-arizona-street-police-seeking-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utterly-horrific-baby-found-dead-on-arizona-street-police-seeking-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Utterly Horrific\u2019: Baby Found Dead On Arizona Street, Police Seeking Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Futterly-horrific-baby-found-dead-on-arizona-street-police-seeking-answers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1738255&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Early Saturday morning, police received a call about an injured child on a street in Phoenix, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/arizona\">Arizona<\/a>, near the city\u2019s largest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/homeless\">homeless<\/a> encampment.<\/p>\n<p>When police arrived, they found a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/babies\">baby<\/a> that had been abandoned. The baby was pronounced dead on the scene by the Phoenix Fire Department, 12 News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.12news.com\/article\/news\/local\/valley\/newborn-found-dead-in-central-phoenix\/75-48ca5098-7a79-4fff-bb60-626b7a0bbd14\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the infant was believed to have an estimated gestational age between 20 and 24 weeks. The body has been turned over to the Office of Medical Examiner for a postmortem investigation, while police look for information about how the baby was abandoned.<\/p>\n<p>Joel Coplin, who lives near where the baby was found, told 12 News that the scene was \u201cutterly horrific.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey thought it was a doll at first, but it wasn\u2019t,\u201d he told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Coplin also said he saw the police outside and asked his neighbor about the situation later. His neighbor reportedly saw someone lighting something on fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[He told me] his fianc\u00e9 came and was trying to put the fire out, and then he went to stomp on it to put it out and realized it was a baby in there,\u201d Coplin told the outlet. \u201cHe saw the head, a perfectly shaped head, and little arms, hands, legs, chest. He grabbed his fiance and turned away so she wouldn\u2019t see it, and he was freaked out. He called 911.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coplin added that he wasn\u2019t surprised that something like this would happen in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything can happen around here,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re right down here in \u2018The Zone,\u2019 and anything and everything does happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Zone,\u201d is what locals call the homeless encampment, where upward of 1,000 people live in tents. The increase in the homeless population has led to a spike in crime in the area, with theft, assaults, and drugs plaguing the makeshift town, Fox 10 Phoenix <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/crimes-zone-theft-assaults-drugs-unsanitary-conditions-plague-downtown-phoenix-tent-city\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet found that since 2019, police have responded to 801 incidents within The Zone, 278 incidents in 2020 alone. So far this year, nearly 185 incidents have been called in as of September, putting 2022 on pace to surpass 2021\u2019s total calls.<\/p>\n<p>Thefts are the most commonly reported crime in The Zone, with almost 300 cases since 2019. In the past three years, police have also responded to 229 aggravated assault calls and 130 drug offenses, with fentanyl being one of the biggest concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Robberies, rapes, and burglaries are also reported. There have been six reported murders and four reported arsons as well.<\/p>\n<p>These are just the reported crimes. J.R., who has lived in The Zone for eight years, told Fox 10 that crime is underreported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot everybody\u2019s gonna tell on you out here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early Saturday morning, police received a call about an injured child on a street in Phoenix, Arizona, near the city\u2019s largest homeless encampment. When police arrived, they found a\u00a0baby that had been abandoned. The baby was pronounced dead on the scene by the Phoenix Fire Department, 12 News reported. 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