MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Decomposing Baby Allegedly Found in Shopping Bag of Woman Arrested for Assaulting Cop
By artappraiser on Tue, 07/21/2020 - 8:45pm |By Colin Kalmbacher @ LawandCrime.com, July 21
A woman in Virginia who was arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer allegedly also had a decomposing baby in her shopping bag, according to officials. She is now being investigated for murder.
Roanoke County Police say that 34-year-old Mandy Lavonne Lacy was acting “erratically” and “weird” when she was reported to local authorities by a mall security guard earlier this week.
Once police arrived on the scene, however, Lacy allegedly acted out and struck an officer who is said to have sustained a minor injury.
She was initially charged with assaulting an officer by punching him in the forehead.
After being taken into custody, the lifeless body of a baby was found in a shopping bag that Lacy had on her person, police say. The baby’s body was reportedly wrapped in a jacket inside the bag [....]
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