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Man who allegedly hid dead baby in Beach parking garage to serve five years

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A Virginia Beach man who hid a dead baby in an Oceanfront parking garage will serve the maximum sentence in prison.

On Wednesday, a judge ordered Lawrence Ray Smith to five years behind bars.

In April, Smith pleaded guilty to felony concealing a body.

Police say he left his girlfriend's dead baby, Janyiha Whiteman, in a parking garage in November.

How the baby died remains a mystery.