{"id":331187,"date":"2025-05-13T12:41:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T17:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=331187"},"modified":"2025-05-13T01:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:47:01","slug":"police-funeral-newborn-pond-life-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/police-funeral-newborn-pond-life-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Police organize funeral for unidentified newborn found in pond: ‘Every life deserves honor’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Police in Manchester, New Hampshire, organized a funeral Monday for an unidentified newborn girl who was found deceased in March, located in a pond within a city park.<\/p>\n

The newborn, who is now called “Baby Grace Doe,” was found<\/a>\u00a0on March 27 floating in the water at Pine Island Park in Manchester. Police later determined she was placed in the pond sometime between March 25 and March 27. Authorities are still trying to locate her mother and determine how she died.<\/p>\n

Police named<\/a> the infant Grace as “a symbol of dignity, peace, and the enduring kindness of a community that refuses to let her pass unacknowledged.”<\/p>\n

The community came together to organize the funeral for Grace, including a wake and service for the public to attend. Police also released an artist’s rendering of Grace last week. Her obituary stated, “She will be laid to rest with love, carried not only by those present, but by all who recognize the value of every human life, no matter how brief. ”<\/p>\n