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Cumming to host May 26 ceremony for Memorial Day FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Cumming and Forsyth County veterans' organizations will host a Memorial Day ceremony at the Veterans War Memorial 11 a.m.-1 p.m. May 26. The outdoor celebration will feature a dove release, a rifle salute, patriotic music, a keynote address and the yearly dedication of new American flags to the City of Cumming’s Avenue of Flags display at 301 Veterans Memorial Boulevard. The event is open to the public. — Shelby Israel
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Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Freeman announces the arrest May 19 of a suspect in the “Baby India” abandonment case following a four-year investigation. Deputies discovered the infant tied in a plastic bag in the woods along Daves Creek Road in June 2019.
County arrests Cumming woman for abandoning infant in woods By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Freeman announced the arrested May 19 of a suspect in the “Baby India” case after nearly four years of investigation. Freeman said a family had heard cry-
ing in the woods on Daves Creek Road and had alerted deputies, who found a newborn infant tied in a plastic bag around 10 p.m. June 6, 2019. The child, who is now in a safe environment, was dubbed “India” by county authorities. The Major Crimes Unit identified Karima Jiwani, 40, of Cumming as the biological mother of the infant and the
sole suspect in the case. Jiwani was arrested May 18 and charged with criminal attempt to commit murder, cruelty to children in the first degree, aggravated assault and reckless abandonment. She is being held at the Forsyth County Jail with no bond.
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