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Newborn boy found alive in city trash bin

By AP/KWMU

St. Louis – A man in the Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhood found a baby boy alive in a trash bin Monday night.

Wesley Falker was throwing out grass clippings when found the newborn with his umbilical cord still attached.

The boy is in good condition at St. Louis Children's Hospital.

Police are searching for suspects.

No one knows how long the child had been in the bin. He was discovered around 9 p.m.

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