NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A 24-year-old woman is in police custody after a baby girl was discovered alive in a dumpster at a Connecticut apartment complex, authorities said.
According to WTNH, a maintenance worker discovered the 8-month-old infant Monday afternoon in a dumpster at the Presidential Gardens complex in New Haven. Police and emergency crews arrived about 2 p.m. and rushed the child to a nearby hospital, where she “is being treated for burns to both hands,” New Haven police said in a Facebook post.
Update: Criminal charges are pending against a 24-year-old Hamden woman for the abandonment of an eight-month-old...
Posted by New Haven Police Department on Monday, October 12, 2020
Authorities said a Hamden woman, who isn’t the mother of the baby, abandoned the child, the post read. Police said she will face criminal charges in the incident.
“While detectives have determined the Hamden woman put the baby in the dumpster, investigators have not yet determined who is responsible for the child’s injuries,” police added in the Facebook post.
Authorities also said they identified and have been in contact with the baby’s mother, according to the post.
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