Sheriff's deputies rescue newborn found buried near river
Source: AP
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) Los Angeles County sheriff's officials asked for the public's help Saturday in gaining information about a newborn baby deputies rescued after finding her buried beside a popular Compton bike path.
The girl was believed to be only 24 to 36 hours old when she was found Friday afternoon near a creek that flows into the Los Angeles River, said Sgt. Marvin Jaramilla of the Sheriff's Department's special victim unit. He said she was listed in stable condition on Saturday.
"There's indication that the child was born at a medical facility or a hospital," he said.
Jaramilla said two deputies found the girl around 4 p.m. after people on the bike path heard her cries and called authorities.
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This Friday, Nov. 27, 2015 photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows an unidentified deputy holding an infant girl where she was found abandoned under asphalt and rubble, lower left, near a bike path in Compton, Calif., as they seek the public's help in identifying her. The baby girl, who was wrapped in a blanket, was believed to less than a week old when two deputies found her Friday afternoon. She was taken to a hospital, where she is listed in stable condition. (Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department via AP)
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)daleanime
(17,796 posts)Discarded, oh my fucking god......
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,640 posts)I guess there are still people who don't know about how to safely surrender a newborn. The word must be gotten out!
Skittles
(153,169 posts)you can walk into a fire station and hand the baby over with NO questions asked
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)leaving her on a popular bike path meant she hoped the baby would be found.
I feel for the poor ignorant mother who probably could not get an abortion when she needed one. And may have even been a victim of rape herself.
haele
(12,660 posts)It could just as easily be the father, or a boyfriend, a spouse who discovered he was not the father, a grandparent or other family member that didn't want to deal with the situation surrounding the infant's birth. Especially if the mother's culture has sexual or honor - based hang-ups. There are still superstitious cultures where even though abortion is forbidden, leaving a damaged (disfigured or sickly), unwanted or in-auspiciously born infant in the wilderness for God to take care of is an acceptable practice.
I suspect the bike path might have been the closest wilderness area to hide and abandon the infant with the least risk of it being traced back to the abandoning family. The infant was buried in rubble; the expectation would not have been that she would be found before the exposure killed her. That she survived long enough to be heard when someone came by is pretty much a miracle.
If the mother was not the one to abandon the infant, I suspect she is not in a safe place herself.
Haele
hopemountain
(3,919 posts)in a good way, hopemountain.
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)If only she can be connected with people who will really love and protect her as she must go forward. Hope there are going to be people who will take a personal interest in seeing her loneliest days are over.
Joe Chi Minh
(15,229 posts)someone tried to bury her alive, and was scared off, perhaps, by the voices of people who heard her cries.
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)A location by a bicycle path would allow someone to get there quickly with the bundled up infant, try to bury it, and take off fast while looking like someone out for exercise.
I'll bet you got it right.
Third Doctor
(1,574 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)like this were common in the 50s before many states passed safe haven laws which allowed people to just walk into a fire station, a police station, a church, a hospital etc. and hand over the child. Even back then it was seen more as an act of desperation than a crime.
Since the child is at least one week old it seems like it is not an attempt to hide the pregnancy/birth from anyone. Could be post pregnancy depression. But most likely someone just could not handle the crying and night schedule of a new baby. Also this could be a child of someone who did not know they could just leave the baby.
Very sad.