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With heavy hearts, mourners buried on Saturday in Freehold a baby in a small casket who had been found in a dumpster. The community named the baby Emma Grace posthumously. She was 7 pounds 5 ounces.

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Community buries newborn found in dumpster

With heavy hearts, mourners buried on Saturday in Freehold a baby in a small casket who had been found in a dumpster. The community named the baby Emma Grace posthumously. She was 7 pounds 5 ounces.

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