FBI looking to identify baby girl found in South Jersey dumpster nearly 40 years ago

WASHINGTON TWP., N.J. (WPVI) -- The FBI is sending out a new alert as it tries to solve the death of a baby found in South Jersey back in December 1986.

The remains of a full-term, white, newborn girl were found in a dumpster behind a shopping center at Ganttown Road and Route 42 in Washington Township, Gloucester County.

She had been stuffed inside a silver, plastic trash bag wrapped in a beach towel that depicted an African Plains scene.

The death was ruled a homicide by asphyxiation.

If you have any information, call your local FBI office or submit a tip online at Tips.fbi.gov.