Police: Mother of Baby Found Dead Near Wheaton May be in Danger

WHEATON, IL — The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in tracking down the mother of a baby whose body was found on Plamondon Road near Wheaton on Monday.

Meanwhile, preliminary results of an autopsy performed Tuesday for the child "are pending further investigation," according to the DuPage County Coroner’s Office. The coroner's office was releasing no further details Tuesday afternoon into the infant's cause of death.

The baby’s body, found by landscapers around 3 p.m. Monday in a black backpack, may have been left there Sunday night, reports the Daily Herald. The baby was swollen and blue, according to the Daily Herald report.

The discovery was made in the area of the 25W400 block of Plamondon Drive in unincorporated Milton Township, according to a DuPage County Sheriff's Office press release. The body was found just off a private drive north of the Danada Forest Preserve.

When police first arrived, the infant was showing "no signs of life," according to the news release. The coroner's office was called to the scene.

A cross with the name "Baby Doe" marks where a baby's body was found inside a backpack, yesterday in Wheaton. pic.twitter.com/HoG49HGFxr
— Laura Podesta (@LauraPodesta7) August 16, 2016

Anyone with information on the identity of the baby’s mother is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 630-407-2400. The caller is free to remain anonymous and can leave information with the sheriff’s office via voicemail if they don’t want to speak directly to a deputy.

The sheriff’s office is also reminding the public of the Newborn Infant Protection Act, also known as Safe Haven. This law allows newborn babies to be turned over to personnel at a fire station, police station, or hospital without repercussions. The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office is a safe haven location.