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Richmond Times-Dispatch from Richmond, Virginia • 20

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Richmond, Virginia
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B4 Saturday 12 2000 Richmond Times-Dispatch body found in landfill Blanket may be key to identity mother BY MARK BOWES Twes-Dwatch St An Wura The body of a newborn baby with its umbilical cord attached was found on a die of garbage at a commercial landfill in eastern Henrico County on Thursday Henrico police said the male infant was about two or three days old The body was discovered about 930 un by an equipment operator for the BFI Virginia Landfill at 2001 Charles City Road Police believe the body had been dumped in a trash receptacle in Mechanicsville or eastern Henrico on Monday or Tuesday and taken by truck early Thursday to the landfill where it was dumped about 735 am The truck that police believe carried the body to the landfill had a route that included moat of Mechanicsville a bit of North Richmond and Nine Mile Road Henrico Investigator Ed Kopacki said judging from the debris found around the child it appears to have come from a Nine Mile Road dumpster or a Mechanicsville dumpster Kopacki said Police haven't determined whether the baby was stillborn or alive when discarded Met retooled a photopph of a blanket found at a bndfii near a body The baby may have been wrapped In the blanket striped blue red orange and brown Rain causes flooding other woes i i A crane was used to lift a wooden walkway at die Richmond I Centre construction site after storm winds blew it onto a car last night in the 400 block of East Broad Street No one was in- jured but the car was heavily damaged The 6:30 pan thunder- storm dumped an estimated l'A to 2 indies of rain causing several dty streets to flood At least two cars were trapped i when the intersection of South Adams and West Canal streets flooded High water also dosed Bainbridge Street at 20th a very unusual Kopacki said hoping somebody recognizes it one of our biggest leads at this point Anyone with information about the infant or its mother is urged to call Kopacki at 501-4894 or Crime Stoppers at 780-1000 Contact link Bowes at (804) 649-6450 or mbOHesCtimeidispatdLOOffl The body was so decomposed that investigators discern the race The remains were taken to the state medical exam-iner's office for an autopsy Kopacki said police have no dues aside from a multicolored blanket with a zig-zag pattern The blanket ia red blue white brown and orange Mayor police chief pitch Slice in ads City man chained in death Grocery leader planned drink spots The campaign produced by Burford Company Advertising also indudes SOsecond spots more than tripled sales said BY MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS As for the choice of actors Kaine and Oliver seem to me to really like what doing why I asked them to do Johnson said The other acton represent people wbo purchase the Tmes-Dhpatch Staii Wittes of Chamberlayne Avenue Espree died last month at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals A Richmond Circuit Court grand jury indicted Brackett on Monday on a charge of murder in death Brackett who is being held in the Richmond City Jail is scheduled to appear at 9 am Monday in Richmond Circuit Court A 57-year-old Richmond man has been charged with murder in the death of another man who died of bums Police believe the victim was set on fire Roosevelt Anderson Brackett of the 3600 block of Chamber layne Avenue already had been charged with aggravated assault in the April 15 burning of Bruce Eapree 34 also of the 3600 block dty to dty in a truck distributing bottles and cans of pop at each atop Kaine (not quite as hammy as Holley) gives him the key to the dty and receives a bottled mange Slice in return have I Kaine exclaims mayor and police chief sampled a slice of the acting life as part of a regional soft-drink advertising campaign now on the air Neither Oliver nor Kaine was paid for the commercials Kaine said he partidpated as part of the ongoing partnership with Community Pride local business real proud have aaid that they think if kind of silly and they like he said they offer various opinions of Jerry and my acting abilities which Fm not at liberty to Death of woman in traffic ruled suicide Johnny Johnson president of Community Pride and KA Management which created theapota Johnson a member of the PepM-Cds Co board said if the television and radio campaign goes well Pepsi will launch it in other areas Pepsi-Cola Co manufactures Slice i i has been overs whehningly supportive When you try to depict the dty as something positive everybody wants to be a part of he said Mayor Timothy Kaine police Chief Jerry Oliver and Portsmouth Mayor James Holley are featured in locally produced Slice soft-drink ads running on television stations in Richmond and Hampton Roads The a Slice of the City Yours campaign will continue through Sept 15 knelt on US 29 also known as Lee Highway near Old Linton Hall Road in Prince Wiliam County A Northern Virginia woman was killed Thursday night after she jumped from a car stopped in a feat-food restaurant drive-through lane and ran onto a highway to kneel in oncoming traffic Man also encounters a mail carrier a bus driver and a tennis oq your he advises) Children and rappers complete the urban mix in the spots which feature Oliver writing a The general assessment: and I we should stick to our day Prince William police classified her death aa a suicide Police said Rolka had been with a companion in a car that had stopped at a restaurant In a 60-second spot the orange-dad (local actor DX Hopkins) travels from State police said Christy Lee Rolka 27 of Warren ton was killed shortly after 10 pjn as she Contact Michael Pad WUHan at (804) 649-6815 or imiliamsttimesdispatchxorn parking ticket Successful people know their credit report is accurate before they ask for credit Your credit report is always changing and inaccuracies sometimes occur without your knowledge Make sure your record is accurate Send for your FREE credit report Along with your FREE credit report from ConsumerlnfoCom be given a FREE trial membership in our exclusive and timely CreditCheck 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