“They are home”: Three Abandoned Newborns Buried in the “Garden of Innocence”

Many were in line Saturday to scatter rose petals at the gravesites of the first burials at the Garden of Innocence for Gabriella, Michael and David at the Historic Union Cemetery.

By Dave Andrusko

Many were in line Saturday to scatter rose petals at the gravesites of the first burials at the Garden of Innocence for Gabriella, Michael and David at the Historic Union Cemetery.

There are few stories harder to write about than newborn babies dumped into trashcans like so much refuse. For whatever reason, we’ve heard about more of these tragedies in the past few months.

However every so often, we are uplifted when a community rises up to make sure that babies who were found dead do not remain a faceless, nameless statistic in the coroner’s office.

Last Saturday three abandoned babies were laid to rest at the “Garden of Innocence” in Bakersfield, California.

“The three children were found dead with no clues to who they were or what had happened to them,” wrote Lesley Marin. “Therefore, the community came together to start a Garden of Innocence in July.” All three were given names: Michael, David, and Gabriella.

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