FULTON, Miss. (AP) -- Itawamba County officials are investigating the death of a newborn whose body was found in a bucket that had been placed inside a 55-gallon drum.
Itawamba County Sheriff Chris Dickson says his office on Monday was alerted to the body by a call from a residence east of Fulton. He says the case is being treated as a murder investigation.
Authorities say a preliminary autopsy report indicates the infant's lungs were functional, which means the boy apparently had been alive at some point.
Dickson says DNA samples have been collected from individuals and the infant as part of the investigation. The names of those involved were not immediately made public.
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