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Police have located and are questioning the mother of an infant found buried in a bag in Druid Hill Park over the weekend, according to a source. The father of the 2-month-old boy told police that his son had been buried in the park by the baby's mother sometime in February, according to a law enforcement source with knowledge of the investigation. The father was able to tell police where and how deep the body was buried, and police located the body inside of a bag. Police were awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine an official cause of death.

Baltimore police were investigating the death of a baby found buried in a bag in Druid Hill Park. Anthony Guglielmi, the police department's chief spokesman, said officers were sent shortly before 8 p.m. to investigate a suspicious death in the 700 block of Druid Park Lake Drive. The infant's body was removed from a shallow hole and taken to the medical examiner's office for an autopsy, he said. Police said they were directed to the body's location by one of the baby's parents.

Baltimore City recorded its first homicide this year when a man was fatally shot Sunday afternoon near Druid Hill Park, said a city police department spokesman. The victim's name was withheld pending notification of family members, said Detective Donny Moses, the spokesman. No arrest had been made. Shortly after 3 p.m., Northwestern District police and the crew of a city Fire Department ambulance responded to an alley in the 2300 block of Ocala Ave., about two blocks west of the park, for a report of a shooting, Moses said.

On November 22, 2009 CLORA M. beloved wife of James R. Hall. Friends may call at the CHATMAN-HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, 5240 Reisterstown Road Friday 2-8 p.m. The family will receive friends at Bethel A.M.E. Church, 1300 Druid Hill Avenue Saturday 10 a.m. Funeral Services will begin 10:30 a.m. Interment Arbutus Memorial Park.

On November 1, 2009, FRANK E. Friends may call at the CHATMAN-HARRIS FUNERAL HOME, 5240 Reisterstown Road, Friday 1 to 8 P.M. The family will receive friends at the above chapel Saturday 12 noon. Funeral services will begin 12:30 P.M. Interment Druid Ridge Cemetery.

This week, Watchdog brings you an update on a still-unresolved problem. Update:: Watchdog reported in July about the fountain in the middle of Druid Lake, which at the time had not been working for at least a month. The fountain had been featured in Watchdog in 2007, when a lightning strike blew out its electrical system. That came after a $700,000 renovation in 2004. And then this year, as the fountain turns 50, Reservoir Hill resident Michael Baseman once again noted the absence of the streaming water, which he particularly enjoyed at dusk or before sunrise, when illuminated by colored light.

The decrepit mansion once served as home to the president of the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, but two decades of brush has grown and, along with vandals, has made it uninhabitable. Cue the goats. In what's the first step to a $10 million project to transform this piece of Druid Hill Park into an environmental and recreational center for the city, the four-legged weed whackers have cleared a half-acre ring of ivy and other invasive species. The herd of 40 will be brought back to clear the rest of the 9-acre parcel that few have used, legally anyway, for years.

On September 29, 2009; TERRY ANTHONY CARTER. On Tuesday, friends may call Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Service (East), 4905 York Road, where the family will receive friends from 4 to 8 P.M. On Wednesday, Mr. Carter will lie in state at Bethel AME Church, 1300 Druid Hill Avenue, where the family will receive friends from 10 to 11 A.M. with services to follow. Inquiries to (410) 433-7500.

On September 18, 2009, Magdalene, Visitation at Calvin B. Scruggs Funeral Home 1412 E. Preston St. on Thursday Sept. 24th from 2 to 7pm. Family will receive friends on Friday at Higher Ground Ministries 7102 Belair Rd. from 10:30 to 11am at which time funeral service will begin. Interment Druid Ridge Cemetery. www.calvinbscruggsfh.com