Overview
- The body of a neonate was discovered in a portable restroom in the festival campground, a find that occurred Sunday morning, June 28, during routine maintenance by a restroom-servicing employee.
- Michigan State Police described the case as an active investigation and urged anyone who saw anything unusual to report tips through the department’s online portal.
- Electric Forest organizers shared the police appeal on social media, called the news heartbreaking and asked their ‘Forest Family’ to cooperate and avoid speculation on social platforms.
- Authorities have released no identifying details, no cause of death, and had not made any arrests as of the latest reports, leaving forensics and investigators to determine how the infant died.
- The festival draws tens of thousands to the Double JJ Resort each year and coverage noted Michigan’s Safe Delivery law as background on options that exist for confidential surrender of newborns.