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Baby Gabriel's story

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Funeral services were held Oct. 24 at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery in North Lauderdale for Baby Gabriel, who died in a trash bin in Fort Lauderdale Aug. 10 after being abandoned by his mother.

Patty Ralph of TM Ralph Funeral Homes guides pallbearers Mary Ross Agosta, right, and Fort Lauderdale homicide Det. Jim Jaggers as they bring the body of Baby Gabriel into Our Lady Queen of Heaven mausoleum.

Father Dominick O'Dwyer prays over the body of Baby Gabriel at the start of the Mass as Father Manny Alvarez, Mary Ross Agosta and other mourners look on.

View of the chapel at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery's mausoleum during the Mass.

Concelebrating priests stand near the casket containing Baby Gabriel's remains, from left: Father Michael "Happy" Hoyer, pastor, and Father Manny Alvarez, parochial vicar, at St. Gregory Church in Plantation; and far right, Msgr. Vincent Kelly, pastor of St. John the Baptist in Fort Lauderdale.

Father Dominick O'Dwyer, pastor of St. Malachy Church in Tamarac, preaches the homily.

Patty Ralph of TM Ralph Funeral Homes leads the way as Mary Ross Agosta, left, archdiocesan director of communications, and homicide detective Jim Jaggers of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, right, carry out the casket containing Baby Gabriel's remains.

Father Dominick O'Dwyer leads the procession to Baby Gabriel's final resting place at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Visible behind him is Det. Jim Jaggers of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, who led the investigation into the baby's death and served as pallbearer at the funeral.

Det. Jim Jaggers of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, who led the investigation into Baby Gabriel's death, serves as pallbearer at the funeral along with Mary Ross Agosta, archdiocesan director of communications.

Father Dominick O'Dwyer says the final prayers over the casket of Baby Gabriel before his burial in the baby section of Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery in North Lauderdale. At left is Mary Ross Agosta, archdiocesan director of communications, and at right is Det. Jim Jaggers of the Fort Lauderdale Police Dept.

Funeral services were held Oct. 24 at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery in North Lauderdale for Baby Gabriel, who died in a trash bin in Fort Lauderdale Aug. 10 after being abandoned by his mother.

A crucifix, a rosary and a teddy bear surround the coffin of Baby Gabriel before his burial at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery in North Lauderdale.