A day-old baby boy still connected to his umbilical cord was found abandoned in a stroller in Los Angeles, authorities have revealed.
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About 1 p.m., police received a call from someone who had discovered the stroller on the sidewalk at South Vermont Avenue and Dana Street.
“We’d like her to come forward and make sure she’s okay”. The newborn baby boy was described as either white or Hispanic.
The boy was then rushed to hospital by paramedics where he is believed to be in a good condition.
The baby was so young, the umbilical cord was still attached.
“Something inside me just told me to check”, he told the TV station. I thought he was dead.
Diaz says the baby sweated through his pajamas and was swaddled in blankets.
Alex voiced his frustration and concern.
He was left just across the street from St Agnes Catholic Church. “Can’t do that to a baby”.
The church’s priest, Father David Matz, said: “What saddens me about the whole situation, [is] that the child was left across the street under a mattress in a stroller, and they could’ve easily just rang the doorbell and left the child there”.
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Los Angeles County’s safe surrender law allows a parent or guardian to surrender an infant no more than three days old with no questions asked as long as the baby shows no sign of abuse.
