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Dead baby found in restroom at Amazon warehouse in Phoenix
BBC News ^ | 1/17/2019 | BBC

Posted on 01/17/2019 12:01:54 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts

Police are investigating the death of a baby girl who was found in the restroom of an Amazon warehouse in the US state of Arizona.

Phoenix police spokesman Vincent Lewis said the newborn was reported to police at the online retail giant's facility on Wednesday evening.

Homicide detectives are working to determine if any crime was committed at the facility, he said.

Police have identified the mother, who is co-operating with the investigation.

In a press conference on Thursday, Sgt Lewis refused to publicly name her or say whether she is employed at the distribution centre.

"But, again, the restroom was located inside of a secured Amazon facility," said Sgt Lewis, who refused to speculate on what charges the mother may face.

He said that investigators are looking into whether the child was born in the toilet, adding that the infant appeared to have only been there briefly.

"It had been there some time," he said, adding, "very recent, same day".

"It appeared to first responders that the baby was full term, or close to that," the spokesman said, adding that she could not be resuscitated by medics from the city's fire department.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


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1 posted on 01/17/2019 12:01:55 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Horrible.


2 posted on 01/17/2019 12:04:23 PM PST by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Well, Bezos is going to be the villain in this gruesome tale.
3 posted on 01/17/2019 12:04:57 PM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Quality Amazon employee


4 posted on 01/17/2019 12:05:36 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I’ve heard of obese women giving birth without realizing they were pregnant. But leaving the newborn, if this was a newborn, to die suggests one low IQ individual.


5 posted on 01/17/2019 12:08:12 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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“Yo boss can I take a bathroom break, be right back?”....Ignorance at its best


6 posted on 01/17/2019 12:10:06 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Bell Bouy II

A lot of these companies that locate in small town areas (lower wages) don’t dare drug test or they won’t have any job candidates.


7 posted on 01/17/2019 12:20:25 PM PST by cuban leaf
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how bout a prego test


8 posted on 01/17/2019 12:22:32 PM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: Fido969
Well, Bezos is going to be the villain in this gruesome tale.

Why?

9 posted on 01/17/2019 12:23:50 PM PST by plain talk
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Why?

Employees so poor and overworked they are having and abandoning babies in the Amazon slave workplaces.

10 posted on 01/17/2019 12:33:19 PM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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Jobs Americans won’t do.


11 posted on 01/17/2019 12:40:54 PM PST by The Toll
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To: sparklite2

“But leaving the newborn, if this was a newborn, to die suggests one low IQ individual.”
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Not quite correct. An intelligent, well-bred woman can do the same thing. It only takes someone who doesn’t care, or is afraid, or more likely, pretty sure she can get away with it. Even if someone is afraid, it takes a callousness and she has to believe she will eventually get away with it.

Look for Feminists to have a massive out-pouring of sympathy for her and pressure on the prosecutor to level the lowest possible ever charge, if there are any charges at all. There have already been cases where this has happened.


12 posted on 01/17/2019 12:47:06 PM PST by Notthereyet (NotThereYet)
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Don’t tell me: Besides not letting employees take a bathroom break, he also doesn’t let them take a birth break.


13 posted on 01/17/2019 12:47:24 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Until Hillary is in jail, equal justice under the law will not exist in the USA)
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To: cuban leaf
I work at an Amazon facility in Wilmer TX - not exactly the social spot of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.

We are all drug tested (saliva tube test) before we start but I haven't seen any tests since then. Pretty sure that they can test anyone at any time if they want to, per the employment agreement.

One cannot get into a facility without an active badge. They found the birth mother so no mystery there.

I have a hard time believing that a pregnant mom could have the energy to keep to warehouse production standards at 9 months.

14 posted on 01/17/2019 12:55:49 PM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: Fido969

So? They were free to get another job if they didn’t like the conditions. There is no excuse for abandoning a baby to die and it has nothing to do with a Company or a CEO.


15 posted on 01/17/2019 12:57:31 PM PST by plain talk
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To: cuban leaf

Phoenix is the fifth largest populated city in the U.S.


16 posted on 01/17/2019 12:59:27 PM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: Fido969

Since Trump so “heartlessly” called Bezos a Bozo, Big Media will have Bozo’s back on this.


17 posted on 01/17/2019 1:19:37 PM PST by treetopsandroofs
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I realize that Bezos wouldn’t let his employees poop,

However, I thought that he really wanted to up his game in DELIVERIES.


18 posted on 01/17/2019 1:19:58 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: marajade

FWIW, this calls it sixth last March:

https://www.moving.com/tips/the-top-10-largest-us-cities-by-population/


19 posted on 01/17/2019 1:21:03 PM PST by treetopsandroofs
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Phoenix and Philly have gone back and forth for years.


20 posted on 01/17/2019 1:22:57 PM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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