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[*davinci*]

Renovation Nightmare: Mummified Baby Found Inside Walls
A man doing renovations on a home near Queen and Broadview made a grisly discovery after finding the mummified remains of dead baby behind two walls on Tuesday night.

Police responded to a call from Kintyre Ave., at around 8pm and later confirmed that the remains were human.

A resident who lives in the neighborhood says a couple bought the house about a month and a half ago.

Bob Kinghom, who lives nearby, was working on the home when he found the remains.

"You could see his skin and toes and his head," the rattled handyman recalled. "I didn't turn it over to see the face. I saw the hands and counted the fingers and said a prayer and came home."

"A hell of a way for a baby to have to go. No funeral, you know."

The baby was wrapped in a newspaper dated 1925.

The owners of the home weren't in the residence at the time of the discovery. The house is now considered a crime scene and an investigation is ongoing.

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_13156.aspx

This is so creepy! It happened in Toronto, by the way. I wonder exactly when the baby was put there. 1925 may not even be the correct time.

[dannyordinary]

geeese davinci, this is really sad
and really creepy, but at the same time
i'm really curious about what will happen next
in this story

[*Moderator*]

That IS scary. Oh man. 1925? At first I thought the title said, baby found inside wails. But still, just the fact you found a baby is

[Jeng]

Wow what a scary situation, but kinda exciting at the same time, finding a mummy baby in YOUR house.

[*alovesopure*]

That's insane! and weird.... If I had found that baby, I would've freaked out...

[*Elba*]

That is just sad. It'd be crazy if the baby really is from that year... Ew.

[1angel3]

Wow thats sad. I like to know how or why they put the baby in the wall?

[xKatt]

That's horrible. Horrible horrible horrible.

I think the criminal used the 1925 newspaper as a diversion. How could a baby possibly be hidden for over 80 years? Children can't just be born and disappear without notice. And wouldn't it smell?

They should look through police and lost child records from 1925 just in case though.

Peculiar.. very peculiar.

[xKatt]

Wait, what kind of mummification are we talking here? I don't think they're using the term literally. The renovator said he could see skin and fingers, so it's not all wrapped up. I think it was just hastily wrapped up in a newspaper and hidden in the walls.

[xxpimpjuice1227x]

Mummified, its somewhat figurative there talking here.

But anyways, that scary could've been ghost in the house. Its also sad.

[DarkImpressions]

I hope nothing like this EVER happens to me.
I would probably go crazy REAL TALK!
That stuff is scary.

[towntown2]

Wow!
Who would bury a baby in the walls?
You should post a follow up article when it comes out.
Goodness gracious.
If I had seen the face, I would've passed out.

[*davinci*]

I read in a newspaper on Saturday that the baby was four months old and an autopsy was going to be performed. I'll look up an article.

[*davinci*]

Found one.

The x-rays indicated there were no fractures, no injuries to the bones. We were able to determine that the kid wasn't stabbed or beaten or anything of that nature," he said. This appears to have been a "normal baby" he said, noting that it had no congenital abnormalities.

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Although it's obviously 80 years old and it's got dark leathery skin, there's still 10 little fingers and 10 little toes. It's remarkably intact, considering the time that has gone by.

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/st...a60&k=15716

It's a newborn baby and most likely a stillborn.

[parallel]

How savage. Pics pls-when they come out (hopefully).

[Jennifer]

That is horrible.. and quite creepy

Sad too.

Although it's obviously 80 years old and it's got dark leathery skin, there's still 10 little fingers and 10 little toes. It's remarkably intact, considering the time that has gone by.

^ That IS remarkable..


I hope they find out more about this..

[luku]

This is what I found out so far...

The article about the mummified baby

A little bit like the response above just that this suggests they might stop investigation

[weed]

i would like die if something like that happened to me.
i would be so scared of my house being haunted.
at that particular point id just pick up and leave.
id sell my house and just leave.

[trulyandnever]

woah.
that is so weird.

[lojay]

Wouldn't like the scent of the decomposing body like... come through the walls or something? ew. Either way, that is really freaky. Why kind of person would do that... They must have put the wall back up on their own... it's not like they could put a hole in the wall, put the kid in there, and then get some guy to cover up the hole+kid. That'd be messed up.

[Crash2]

When I first saw this topic I thought it had something to do with Egypt

If I found that in my wall while renovating, I would've packed my bags and looked for another place... that'd be too much for me to stay.

[Laughsalot]

wow! that's just creepy..how was the baby mummified though? that's what i'm really curious about. there wasn't any detail on that. there could've have been alot ways to mummify the baby. was it mummified naturally or intentionally?