She Looked Out Onto This Front Lawn. What She Saw Lying There Left Her Stunned
At around 1:30 a.m. on April 3, a woman was walking home in Lakewood, Washington, when she thought she heard an animal crying out
In any case, when she got nearer, she understood she had been hearing the cries of an infant. The three-month-old newborn child was lying exposed to the harsh elements grass in the front yard of somebody's home with not a single parent or gatekeeper to be seen. That is the point at which she called 9-1-1
The little boy could have easily gotten hypothermia, but police say that besides being cold and distressed, he's fine. He was taken to a hospital shortly after and placed with Child Protective Services
Finding his parents proved to be a challenge until a patient at the St. Clare Hospital called and identified herself as his mother after seeing his picture on the news. She admitted that she took drugs that Sunday night, got paranoid, and then left him in the yard
In my 26 years of law enforcement I don't think I've seen a child abandoned in a yard like this," said Lt. Chris Lawler. "It's extremely fortunate that somebody was going by and got to the child before his core temperature dropped or something else happened
The lady's significant other was confined for a remarkable wrongdoing warrant when he appeared at the healing facility, however asserts he didn't know the infant had been surrendered. The mother will be accused of surrender in the second degree when she is discharged from the healing center
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