Montgomery police searched landfills in Lee and Tallapoosa counties on Tuesday, looking for the body of an infant that may be there.
The search stemmed from a pregnant woman in her mid-20s who went to her Montgomery doctor Oct. 19, said Montgomery Police Maj. Huey Thornton. She was told she needed to deliver the child that day.
Police say she refused to have the baby then and signed a waiver before she left the doctor’s office.
Officers say she showed up at a hospital a week or so later complaining about a cold.
“At that point, (the hospital) noticed she wasn’t pregnant,” Thornton said.
The hospital contacted police, who then interviewed the woman. She told them she miscarried, police said.
Police said they’re looking at the possibility that the baby was delivered and put in the trash. They called the company that collects trash from the woman’s home. Police learned that if there was a body, it would be in one of two landfills.
Some 30 Montgomery officers searched the Salem landfill on Lee Road 183 Tuesday morning and the Tallapoosa County landfill that evening, authorities said. If nothing was found by 9 p.m. EST Tuesday, the search would be called off.
“No charges have been filed at this point,” the major said.
— The Associated Press contributed to this report
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