WASHINGTON TWP, N.J. – For the second time in less than two months, federal investigators are asking for information on the decades-old cold case murder of an infant in New Jersey.

The body of “Baby Jane Doe” was found in a dumpster behind a Gloucester County shopping center on Ganttown Road in Washington Township on Dec. 4, 1988.

Investigators say the seven pound infant was found wrapped in a beach towel that depicted an African plains scene and placed in a plastic trash bag.

The death was ruled a homicide by asphyxiation, according to authorities. 

The FBI is asking anyone with information about the nearly 40-year-old cold case to contact local authorities.

EDISON, N.J. — A fire at the Inman Grove Senior Living Center in Edison, New Jersey on Tuesday night left two people badly injured.

The blaze prompted a huge emergency response, as crews worked to evacuate more than 200 from the building, many with limited mobility.

Authorities said a man and a woman who were in the apartment where the fire started are now in critical condition and at least eight other residents were hospitalized for smoke inhalation.

Edison Fire Chief Andrew Toth said they initially feared the worst when one of the victims didn’t have a pulse, but, incredibly, that person was revived at the hospital.

“They started working CPR and medics intubated and everything like that, and they were able to regain a pulse,” Toth said.

The town and the Red Cross were bringing the displaced residents to a nearby hotel, while emergency crews were tasked with collecting all the residents’ crucial medications that they had to leave behind.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.  

Firefighters faced a dangerous and delicate situation

Authorities said the fire started at around 6 p.m. on the second floor, where first responders found the man and woman burned and injured.

“They didn’t even have water on the fire and they grabbed the two victims,” Toth said.

Flames and smoke spread through the building, but police and firefighters were able to get everyone else to safety as they put out the flames.

“They had people over their shoulders because, obviously, there’s an elderly clientele here,” Edison Police Chief Tom Bryan said.

Using wheelchairs and walkers, hundreds of residents were evacuated.

Sasha Haymer came to pick up her 87-year-old mother who was led out by firefighters.

“She said she got a knock on the door. It was just, ‘Come out, come out. You have to get out.’ So, she just had to leave immediately,” Haymer said.

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Drinking water in New Jersey’s capital city, Trenton, and parts of four surrounding communities was not properly tested for 14 months.

Last week, Trenton Water Works mailed a letter to its 200,000 customers in Trenton and parts of Ewing, Hamilton, Hopewell and Lawrence townships saying that one of their inspectors falsified water quality reports between October 2022 and December 2023.

Michael Walker, a spokesman for the utility, said while certain tests were not performed, there are safeguards in place.

“We do test water in our laboratory at our water filtration plant hourly, there are other tests that go on in the field,” he said.

He said a total of three TWW employees conduct water quality samples in the field, and only one of them submitted fake reports. The unnamed individual was put on leave and then fired.

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora described the inspector, who submitted false reports, as a “rogue employee” and called the situation “outrageous.” He said steps have been taken to ensure that such incidents do not happen again.

“We’ve instituted some safeguards, including GPS tracking devices on fleet vehicles, we’re pairing employees with supervisors, we’re requiring photo documentation of sample sights,” he said.

He said many of the water samples taken by TWW during the period in question were considered incomplete and deemed invalid by the Department of Environmental Protection.