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Did baby of homeless woman die in freezing cold or was child stillborn? Authorities disagree

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By Michelle Ewing
Jan 17, 2017

According to the Week, a man called 911 early Jan. 9 after he saw the barefoot woman carrying a newborn baby at a Portland bus stop. Temperatures that day dipped below freezing.

Because of Gunson's report, the case is now closed, Portland police Sgt. Pete Simpson told the Week.

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