Broadcast Radio Feature Story

By: Tiffany Lempesis

Dekalb, GA—Dekalb County police are looking for the mother of a baby girl found at a Dekalb County park Tuesday.

During their morning rounds, Bouldercrest Park maintenance workers discovered an infant inside a backpack left abandoned on a picnic table.

The infant was rushed to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston immediately following the sighting. Hospital officials say the baby did not suffer any serious injuries and was most likely born the same day she was found.

The newborn girl did not appear to have been left in the cold for very long and is expected to make a full recovery, says a hospital official.

Dekalb County police suspect the mother of the child is a teenager in attendance at one of the nearby schools and they are currently searching schools in the vicinity.

This is the second account of an abandoned newborn this week. The abandoning of a child is a crime in Georgia; however, parents need to know there are safe haven laws in place that allow children to be left at various locations, including: hospitals and police stations, without repercussion.