Newborn found dead in Manhattan restaurant bathroom may have ‘taken one or two breaths,’ officials say

A newborn babe recovered dead successful a Manhattan edifice bath whitethorn person “taken 1 oregon 2 breaths, but not capable to prolong life,”  NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Tuesday.

At a property conference, Kenny recounted the disturbing find of the babe boy, and the aesculapian examiner’s findings successful the heartbreaking case.

Kenny said workers astatine Sophie’s Cuban Cuisine, connected Fulton St. adjacent Gold St. successful the Financial District, recovered the babe successful a clogged toilet that was being cleaned astir 10 a.m. Sept. 30 — conscionable 30 minutes earlier the edifice opened for the day.

Police person identified the infant’s parent arsenic a 20-year-old lawsuit who utilized the restroom the time earlier the newborn’s assemblage was discovered, and is believed to person had a miscarriage, Kenny said.

The babe lad had been successful the womb betwixt 22-23 weeks — astir six months — and weighed somewhat implicit 1 pound, according to the Office of the City Medical Examiner.

It’s not yet wide if the young pistillate volition look charges, but could perchance beryllium charged with concealment of a quality corpse, Kenny said.