Man describes south Edmonton scene of dead baby discovery [Video]

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A man who was near the south Edmonton scene where a baby was found dead on Saturday says the “shock” of the discovery lingers days later.

John Sontos, owner of Gz2Gentz Barbershop, described a client coming into the store at about 2 p.m. saying a baby was in the parking lot.

People went outside to look, he said, and made a grisly discovery: a dead newborn, with its umbilical cord still attached, on a cardboard box.

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“I was still cutting (hair) the whole day. I was quiet. Usually, I talk to my clients, give them service, entertain them a little bit, but my hands were shaking,” Sontos told CTV News Edmonton on Tuesday.

“I was nervous. My blood pressure was going up … (others) were trying to show me photos. I’m like, ‘I don’t want to see this,’ but they …