PORT ANGELES, Wash. – Court documents reveal that the grandfather of a newborn boy found the child’s body in the trash last week, but told nobody.

According to probable cause documents from Port Angeles Police, 41-year-old Ronald Last found the newborn on Dec. 31 in his dumpster behind his house. Police say he left the body in the garbage and let city trash collectors come pick up the can without telling anybody what he’d found.

Police say Last learned from his 16-year-old daughter that the boy was his grandson and that she had given birth in the home then threw the boy in the garbage.

Last allegedly told police that the baby appeared to have been born full-term. He did not report the birth or the fact the child was thrown in the garbage until last Friday when police arrived with a search warrant.

During the search, police allegedly found a .357 handgun in Last’s workshop. Last has four felony convictions and is not allowed to own a gun.

Police say they also found marijuana and methamphetamine.

The mother of the child and her father appeared in Clallam County court Monday. The mother, who could face murder charges, was ordered held on $500,000 bail and assigned a public defender.

Last has been charged with concealing the birth of a child and being a felon in possession of a firearm and a controlled substance. His bail is set at $10,000.

Port Angeles Police say the baby was held face down in a toilet until he drowned, and then thrown in the trash. The Pierce County Medical Examiner would only say that the baby died of homicidal violence.

Police sifted through some 60 tons of trash at a Graham landfill for six hours Monday until they found the body.

Police say a previous house resident reported the birth Friday, more than two days after the birth.

Washington state's Safe Haven law was passed to prevent situations like this. The law allows a parent to leave their unharmed newborn with an employee at any hospital or staffed fire station within 72 hours of birth without fear of prosecution.