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DANVILLE, Va. — A dead infant was found in a bag over the weekend, according to a Danville Circuit Court affidavit for a search warrant.

Danville police are investigating this as a homicide.

Search warrants state that a woman contacted her ex-boyfriend, asking for her personal belongings back, including a bag that was stored at the ex-boyfriend's mother's home on Schoolfield Drive.

That ex-boyfriend retrieved the bag and opened it, discovering the dead infant. The search warrant states that the infant had been "dead for some time."

Police seized a towel, duffel bag with clothing and plastic, and a handwritten note from the Schoolfield Drive home.

People who live near the home said they are shocked and horrified.

"When a child dies, you don't get over that," Matt Jackson said. "They go to a good place when they're gone. But it's more horrifying and more real when a kid gets treated like this. It's cruel and sick."

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