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And yet again…another news story that makes me go “WTF!?”

BALTIMORE —  Authorities have recovered the body of a child from the Baltimore Harbor and say it may belong to a 3-year-old whose father confessed to throwing the boy off the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The body was taken to the state Medical Examiner’s office for identification after it was recovered Saturday morning by fire crews from the Patapsco River.

Police say detectives went to the area as part of their investigation into the death of Turner Jordan Nelson.

The boy’s father, 37-year-old Stephen Nelson, has been charged with first-degree murder. According to court documents, Nelson told police he threw his son off the Key Bridge in February, saying demons made him do it.

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weedBALTIMORE — FedEx prides itself on reliability. But a mistaken delivery tipped off police to a 200-pound shipment of marijuana that someone tried to send from Pembroke Pines, Fla., to Baltimore via the shipping company.

Police told The (Baltimore) Sun they learned about the shipment when it was delivered Tuesday to the wrong resident.

Authorities posed as FedEx employees and arrested the shipment’s intended recipient, 30-year-old Richard Gwatidzo.

Officials say he was charged Thursday with possession of a large quantity of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute along with other drug-related charges.

Police say they also seized eight other FedEx boxes with nearly 400 pounds of the drug.

Authorities are trying to determine the sender’s identity.

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