On July 13, 2002 a newborn later called Baby Noah was found dead on a conveyor belt at a recycling center in Roscoe, near Rockford, Illinois. The location and condition of the body indicate the infant had been abandoned and carried with other materials through the facility.

Parents were not identified and the death remains an open cold case under investigation by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department. The discovery prompted attention to Illinois’s Safe Haven law as an option that might have allowed the child to be surrendered without legal penalty.

What information do readers have that could help identify the parents or explain how the infant came to be at the recycling center?