Blacktown NSW abandoned baby: DNA confirms woman who left child in backyard is its mother
New twist in the case of a baby left in the family’s backyard as more details come to light about the mother’s desperate act
- DNA tests confirm woman as mother of baby
- She was known to the family who found the baby
- Had recently arrived on a work visa
The mother who left her newborn on a back patio was known to the family who discovered the naked girl in their backyard, police have revealed.
The newborn – barely an hour old – was discovered on April 21 alone on a wicker chair next to a children’s playset in a house in Blacktown in western Sydney.
She was covered in birth fluid, with the umbilical cord still attached, lying on a pillow – her mother was nowhere to be seen.
A 35-year-old woman turned herself in to police earlier this month after watching a harrowing televised plea from a Sydney teenager who was also abandoned as a newborn 18 years ago.
DNA results this week confirmed the woman is the mother of the baby abandoned in Blacktown’s backyard in April.
The woman recently arrived in Australia on a work visa and feared she would be deported if authorities found out she was pregnant or had a baby. The Saturday Telegraph reported.
DNA results have confirmed the identity of a woman who left her newborn on the back patio (pictured) of this Blacktown home in April
It is understood that the woman gave birth at the Blacktown house before leaving the newborn on the terrace, knowing that the baby would be taken care of.
It is believed that the family who found the baby had no idea the known woman was pregnant or had given birth, the publication added.
The police have ended the investigation into the case.
“The case falls under the responsibility of the Ministry of Communities and Justice and will be heard in a children’s court,” Blacktown Superintendent Jason Pietruszka said.
“In the interest of the right to privacy of women and children, no further information will be provided about this.”
A spokeswoman for the Department of Communities and Justice said the girl was released from hospital and is now “happy and healthy” with a foster carer.
It is believed that the family who found the baby had no idea that the known woman was pregnant or had given birth
The Carlos family recalled in April hearing mock cries while doing laundry outside before finding the child in a nearby chair
They received instructions from triple-0 over the phone on how to cut the umbilical cord.
“I couldn’t find anything in the kitchen so I grabbed a shoelace and used it… then they (paramedics) told me how to do it,” said Anne Carlos at the time.
“We knew she was born very recently, just hours before, because she still had the white stuff (vernix) on her head.”
She believes the newborn was cleaned before she was left because there wasn’t much blood on her.
Anne Carlos’ sister was washing up when she found the newborn in a nearby wicker wicker chair
She remembered hearing the side gate slam loudly, when she thought it was her brother-in-law.
“But now we realize that must have been the mother or whoever left the baby here, and they loudly closed it so we would go out and find her. You don’t slam a gate if you don’t want to be heard,’ she said.
The mother reported to the police in May after seeing a fragment A current situation featuring a passionate plea from teenager Jessica Boatwright, who was also abandoned as a newborn in Liverpool Hospital in 2005
It’s clear that the woman felt she had to come forward after hearing Jessica’s story.
The mother turned herself in to police in May after seeing a clip of A Current Affair featuring a passionate plea from teen Jessica Boatwright (pictured)