A newborn girl with her umbilical cord still attached was found dead outside a New York City apartment.
Police were called to the rear courtyard of 1150 St. Lawrence Ave in the Bronx around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday after a construction worker made the gruesome discovery.
The child was unconscious and unresponsive with the umbilical cord still attached. After attempting to render aid, EMS pronounced the girl dead at the scene.
The medical examiner is working to determine the cause of death and the police investigation is ongoing. No arrests have been made.
She was discovered by the building’s superintendent and a contractor who were doing waterproofing in the alley.
A newborn baby girl with her umbilical cord still attached was found dead in the courtyard of a Bronx apartment building
Police were called to the rear courtyard of 1150 St. Lawrence Ave in the Bronx around 11:15 a.m. Wednesday after a construction worker made the gruesome discovery
‘There were bees and flies around the baby. We called 911 and then the cops showed up. It was heartbreaking. I have never felt this pain in my life,” said the contractor, Ali Saadat PIX11.
The building superintendent named Carlos said he wished he had noticed it sooner.
“I was like crazy because they say the baby was there for almost three or four days and the baby was next to my living room. “I literally could have looked out the window and seen the baby,” he said WABC.
Police sources told the local news station that they believe a teenage girl who hid her pregnancy gave birth in the building and then dumped the newborn in the back.
New York State’s Abandoned Infant Protection Act allows a parent to abandon a newborn baby up to 30 days old anonymously and without fear of prosecution, if the baby is left in a safe manner.
A hospital, manned police or fire station are examples of safe and appropriate choices according to the law.
She was discovered by the building’s superintendent and a contractor who were doing waterproofing in the alley
Police sources told the local news station that they believe a teenage girl who hid her pregnancy gave birth in the building and then dumped the newborn in the back.
Earlier in October, a girl’s body was found at a southeastern Idaho hospital in a box intended for people to anonymously donate a newborn baby.
Police officers in Blackfoot, Idaho, responded to a report of a deceased baby left in the Safe Haven Baby Box at Grove Creek Medical Center on October 13.
Monica Kelsey, the founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes, said in a social media post Monday that hospital staff responded within a minute to an alarm indicating a baby was in the box.
The baby was wrapped in a blanket with the placenta still attached, Kelsey said.
The organization and hospital staff are working with police investigators to determine what happened.