Houston police have announced a major breakthrough in the investigation into a newborn boy who ended up in a dumpster outside a taco restaurant.
Authorities have been investigating the incident since rescuers found the baby with its umbilical cord still attached on Sunday.
As part of that investigation, officers reviewed surveillance footage from the crime scene to determine who threw the newborn into a trash-filled dumpster and to locate possible witnesses.
They have now identified a suspect and are “still working on the investigation,” said spokesperson Jodi Silva told ABC News.
No details about the suspect, including his or her alleged involvement in the crime, have been released. Silva said the suspect’s name will not be released until charges are filed.
The moment a newborn baby was pulled from a trash can outside a Texas taco restaurant was captured in breathtaking footage
Authorities said a passerby called 911 on Sunday after hearing the baby crying from a full dumpster outside an apartment complex in southwest Houston.
Heartbreaking images obtained by ABC13 Then we see how officers arrive at the scene and find the baby boy in a bag.
EMS was then seen wrapping the baby in a blanket near the trash can. The child appeared to have just come out of the womb, with his hair wet, his skin cut, and his umbilical cord still attached.
Fortunately, he survived this terrible ordeal.
He was examined at the hospital and found to be in good health.
The baby is now in the custody of child protective services.
Houston police investigate crime scene after baby found
Houston police are investigating the taco truck where the baby’s mother reportedly works
The apartment complex manager later told the local outlet that a taco truck employee delivered the baby boy in the truck and left the newborn in the trash before returning to clean up the mobile restaurant.
They added that the truck had been parked at that location for only three hours on Sunday.
Houston police are investigating the taco truck where the baby’s mother is believed to work.
Less than a day after the shocking discovery, a two-month-old baby was abandoned by Pasadena police officers in the Houston area.
The baby was found sitting in a car seat outside a dumpster in a shopping center.
A man had previously called police and said he was having a mental health crisis and was looking for a place to leave the baby.
The apartment complex manager told the local newspaper that a taco truck worker had given birth to the boy in the truck and left the newborn in the trash
The baby’s father told the mother where to find the baby and he was found healthy and in good condition.
Child protection services have been called for assistance.
The baby was the third found in the area in just one month, reports VOS26.
Houston Fire Department spokesman Martee Boose said, “These are tragic stories, and those stories didn’t have to happen at all.
‘If a citizen has a newborn baby who is 60 days old or younger, he or she can drop it off at a fire station or hospital. Those individuals do not have to ask for information about themselves.
“The only information they may ask for is perhaps the baby’s medical history. That way they can make sure the baby gets the best medical care.”