A MUMMIFIED baby wrapped in dirty laundry was found by a horrified employee at a dry cleaner.

Cops have launched a probe to investigate the “disturbing” incident and understand the baby was shipped to a cleaning facility.

The embalmed infant was tragically stillborn earlier this month on May 3 in Dallas.

But in a haunting twist, the baby’s remains were wrapped in worn clothes and accidentally sent to another state.

The nightmarish mix-up occurred despite the baby having had a funeral on May 17 at Golden Gate Funeral Home & Crematory.

Cops said the linens which were holding the corpse were sent from this same funeral home.

Preliminary findings indicate that the child’s remains were somehow mistakenly transported along with dirty linens to Alsco Uniforms, in Shreveport.

Local cops said the harrowing discovery was made on early Tuesday morning, at around 5:30am.

The employee who first found the tot was seemingly unaware of the fact that they had uncovered a human baby at first.

They reportedly believed the disturbing find was a doll wrapped in linen.

The local Violent Crimes Unit was immediately dispatched to the scene in the 500 block of Hollywood Avenue.

Authorities are currently investigating how the remains were misplaced, and whether any parties were aware of the horrifying error.

Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith said: “This is a deeply distressing situation.

“Our thoughts are with the family of the child as this investigation unfolds.”

Local cops ruled out foul play for the time being, but this could change as the probe goes on.

In February, a teenager was arrested after she threw her newborn baby out of a hotel window.

The baby plummeted 30ft to his death in the senseless killing.

American Mia McQuillin, 18, faced charges of “child homicide” following the incident where she threw her newborn son from the second floor of the Ibis Styles hotel in Paris just shortly after his birth.

The Oregon student was reportedly in the French capital on a study trip with other US students when she allegedly dropped her baby from the window with the umbilical cord still attached.