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Funny you should mention marijuana...the wildlife guy asked me how well I knew my neighbors. That was not the source of the smell. Turned out I really had a gas leak near the skunk's den under my porch...(lawn service employees like to run into things). The wildlife guy saved my life and theneighbor on the other side. Both our meters/gas line conncetions were leaking. Called the gas company and they responded quickly, replacing the connection above ground.

The real problem was the connection coming from below ground to the meter. Had to call the "big truck" (that's what they call it) and a big truck came rolling around the corner with a trailer holding the back hoe and a five man crew. I just saw the dollar signs in my mind what this money pit house was going to cost to fix this. Thankfully, this was taken care of by the gas company.

Just a warning to all...it could be a skunk, or it could be a gas leak. Play it safe. I know how sick I was getting from inhaling the gas AND the eau de skunk.

https://fox2now.com/2019/07/29/days-after-his-mothers-death-man-finds-dead-baby-stored-in-family-freezer/

Days after his mother’s death, man finds dead baby stored in family freezer

July 29, 2019, by Jeff Bernthal

ST. LOUIS – Adam Smith made a shocking discovery inside the freezer of his family’s apartment on the 6000 block of Magnolia late Saturday night.

Smith’s mother had just passed away and he decided to open a box that was wrapped and stored in the family freezer.

He said the package had been in a freezer ever since he was a kid and his mother told him the package was none of his business, so he always avoided it.

Smith suspected it was frozen wedding cake or something similar. Nothing could have prepared him for what he found inside.

“There was a pink blanket—baby blanket—and when I reached down and touched it, I could feel a foot,” said Smith. “I could see the baby’s head with hair. The hair was still attached.”

Police responded and are investigating what they consider to be a suspicious death. Smith said he’s distraught and has so many questions.

“Who absolutely keeps their own child in a box for this long and never talks about it?” he said. “I just have so many thoughts and it’s just insane.”

Smith wonders if the box he believes was stored in his freezer for decades contained the body of a baby who was his sister. He’s also distraught over the possibility of what his mother may have done.

Smith said he remembers his mom once speaking about losing a child at birth and said a relative recently told him his mother gave birth to twins but lost one at birth and gave the other child up for adoption.

His mind is filled with questions he may never have answered.

“I have to wait for the autopsy to see if that baby ever took a breath and I cannot help it to think she might have done something to it,” Smith said. “I just can’t help it.”

Dorsie Tyson, Smith’s neighbor, was shocked to hear about the discovery.

“It’s tragic,” he said. “My heart goes out to him and I just hope he gets some answers.”

Smith fears he’ll never know the truth.

“I wanted some type of closure and I feel like I may never get any closure because my mom’s gone,” he said.