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Woman Arrested in Death of Infant Found in Brooklyn Dumpster

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Police have arrested a Brooklyn woman in the death of a baby found in a dumpster Wednesday afternoon.

Jahmika Small, 27, faces charges of reckless endangerment and acting in a manner injurious to a child under 17.

Police responded to a call shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday from a woman who said she had given birth but couldn't account for the baby's location.

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They checked out her West 28th Street home and found nothing. The Emergency Service Unit was called in, and that unit found the infant unresponsive in a dumpster a block away.

It wasn't clear if the baby had been born alive.

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