{"id":2480619,"date":"2026-06-29T15:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2480619"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:42:14","slug":"body-of-new-born-baby-dumped-in-portable-toilet-at-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/body-of-new-born-baby-dumped-in-portable-toilet-at-music-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Body of new born baby dumped in portable toilet at music festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_248d4b\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">The grim discovery was made at the Electric Forest festival in Rothbury, Michigan<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<div class=\"Byline_author-and-badge-wrapper__2dsv1\">\n<p><span><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_248d4b\">Kelly Williams<\/strong> Chief reporter\/Content editor<\/span><span> and <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_248d4b\">Husna Anjum<\/strong> Senior Live News Reporter<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\">09:42, 29 Jun 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"13355363\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The portable restroom was in the camping area of the annual music event (stock image)\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The portable restroom was in the camping area of the annual music event (stock image)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">An employee of a music festival made a horrific discovery after a new born baby was dumped in portable toilets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/all-about\/crime\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Police are now hunting for information<\/a> after the incident at Electric Forest festival, in Rothbury, Michigan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The baby was found on Sunday morning (June 28) as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/us-news\/horror-body-newborn-baby-found-37360281\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">DailyStar <\/a>reports the portable restroom was in the camping area of the annual music event, according to the state agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The body was discovered by an employee of the restroom vending company during routine maintenance,&#8221; officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">According to the agency there is no known threat to the public and no other details including the age of the baby have been disclosed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The festival at Double JJ Ranch, which features dozens of DJs and music artists, started on Thursday and is expected to wrap up on Sunday night according to its website.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-34202601\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"34202601\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.83\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The grim discovery was made at the Electric Forest festival in Rothbury, Michigan\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk\/article34202601.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_2012-Electric-Forest-Festival-Day-4.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk\/article34202601.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_2012-Electric-Forest-Festival-Day-4.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk\/article34202601.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_2012-Electric-Forest-Festival-Day-4.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk\/article34202601.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_2012-Electric-Forest-Festival-Day-4.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The grim discovery was made at the Electric Forest festival in Rothbury, Michigan (stock image)\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The grim discovery was made at the Electric Forest festival in Rothbury, Michigan (stock image)<cite aria-label=\"Image: WireImage\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: WireImage)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Michigan State Police posted a statement on X reading: &#8220;Michigan State Police can confirm that the body of a neonate was found in a portable restroom in the camping area at the Electric Forest festival Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The body was discovered by an employee of the restroom vending company during routine maintenance. This is an ongoing investigation, and there is no further information to share at this time and there is no known threat to the public.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They added: &#8220;Investigators are asking for the public&#8217;s assistance. If you were in the area and observed anything unusual, or if you have information that you believe may be relevant, we encourage you to come forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;We appreciate the public&#8217;s cooperation and ask that people avoid speculation on social media out of respect for the investigation and those affected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A statement posted on the Electric Forest Instagram account read: &#8220;Forest Family, it causes us so much pain to have to share this difficult news with you. @michstatepolice continues to investigate this tragic event if you can assist in any way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;HQ is heartbroken and knows that our Forest Family is as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><em>Ensure our latest news and sport headlines always appear at the top of your Google Search by making us a Preferred Source. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Click here to activateLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=E&amp;source=gmail&amp;q=https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=walesonline.co.uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to activate<\/a> or add us as Preferred Source.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.walesonline.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The grim discovery was made at the Electric Forest festival in Rothbury, Michigan Kelly Williams Chief reporter\/Content editor and Husna Anjum Senior Live News Reporter 09:42, 29 Jun 2026 The portable restroom was in the camping area of the annual music event (stock image) An employee of a music festival made a horrific discovery after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2480620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[305246],"class_list":["post-2480619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Body-of-new-born-baby-dumped-in-portable-toilet-at.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2480619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2480621,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2480619\/revisions\/2480621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2480620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2480619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2480619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2480619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}