Cops Sift Through Garbage Piles in Search of NYC Baby's Body

What to Know

• Police are looking for the body of a baby amid piles of trash in a Brooklyn waste facility

• Sources say a woman was believed to have thrown out the baby in the trash in Queens Tuesday, and the trash was taken to Brooklyn

• It's not clear how old the baby may have been, nor is it known if detectives have any idea how the child may have died

Detectives starting sifting through mounds of trash in a Brooklyn waste facility Wednesday in search of the body of a baby they believe a woman dumped in a different borough's garbage the day before, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation tell News 4. 

The sources say they believe the baby was tossed out in the garbage somewhere in Queens Tuesday, then it and the rest of the trash were hauled to the sanitation yard at Shepherd and Linden in Brooklyn. 

Chopper 4 showed an extensive law enforcement presence outside the facility shortly before noon. 

It's not clear how old the baby may have been, nor is it known if detectives have any idea how the child may have died. There was no information on the woman believed to have thrown out the baby either. 

The investigation is ongoing.