SEBRING — After searching a county landfill for a nearly a week for the body of an infant that was reportedly thrown in the garbage by a Lake Placid woman, law enforcement officials will "re-evaluate" today whether they will continue searching. Sheriff Susan Benton said late Sunday morning that she, the state attorney and the lead detectives needed to speak to the medical examiner to determine if the search could produce anything further at this point. "We need to make a decision from a logistics standpoint based on the expert's opinions," she said. ...more

December 3, 2007

The Highlands County Sheriff's Office with a multi-agency contingent of help resumed its search at the county landfill Thursday morning for a discarded baby. ...more

November 29, 2007

SEBRING - Sheriff Susan Benton confirmed today that the Highlands County Sheriff's Office was searching the county landfill for a fetus or full-term baby that might have been put there by a Lake Placid woman. ...more

November 28, 2007