Public Help Sought In Baby's Body Discovery In Jersey City: HCPO

JERSEY CITY, NJ — The investigation into a baby's body found near the PATH tracks in Jersey City is ongoing, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office told Patch. The HCPO is seeking the public's help in identifying the baby.

"The investigation is ongoing and pending the medical examiner’s report," Raymond Worrall with the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office told Patch.

The baby was found Wednesday, shortly after 12:30 p.m., when the Port Authority Police Department received a report of suspected human remains being recovered near the train tracks underneath the Tonnelle Avenue Bridge, just off Broadway in Jersey City, according to the HCPO.

The suspected human remains were found in a suitcase by a Port Authority employee during a routine inspection. Responding Port Authority police officers confirmed the finding, established a crime scene and contacted the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Homicide Unit.

Responding Emergency Medical Services confirmed that the remains appeared to be human, according to the HCPO.

A preliminary report by the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office has revealed that the infant was a Hispanic or African-American female, approximately 10-months-old. The findings as to the cause and manner of death are pending a determination by the RMEO.

The Prosecutor’s Homicide Unit is actively investigating this case with the help of the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office and Port Authority Police Department.

Investigators are urging anyone with information about this incident or anyone who remembers seeing something suspicious in this area to contact the Prosecutor’s Homicide Unit at 201-915-1345 or leave an anonymous tip on the Prosecutor’s website at http://www.hudsoncountyprosecutorsofficenj.org/homicide-tip/. All information will be kept confidential.

Detectives working on the scene were reportedly "rattled" by the discovery, NBC reported, with even the most veteran investigators affected.

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