Posted on 12/24/2016 12:39:10 PM PST by BBell
NEW ROADS - Just before noon, on Christmas Eve, police from New Roads arrested Kyandrea Thomas.
Thomas is accused of giving birth in a Walmart bathroom, then dumping her newborn baby in a bathroom trash can before leaving the store.
Thomas was arrested after she checked herself in to Lane Memorial Hospital, in Zachary.
Around 8:00 p.m., New Roads Police and District 5 firefighters responded to reports of an unresponsive baby left in the Walmart bathroom on Hospital Rd.
Firefighters performed CPR on the little girl in the bathroom before rushing her to Pointe Coupee General Hospital - a couple hundred yards away from Walmart - in serious condition.
By 10:15 p.m., doctors said the infant was stable but in critical condition right before paramedics flew the little girl by helicopter to Our Lady of The Lake Children's Hospital in Baton Rouge.
Detectives spent the better part of an hour interviewing witnesses and watching surveillance video before identifying a person of interest.
Their investigation brought them to Lane Memorial where they made an arrest.
"There are places all over where a person can bring a baby," New Roads Police Lt. Shael Stringer said. "They can drop them off at the hospital, they can drop them off at the police department... It's hard when people have resources in these circumstances and they choose to have the baby and leave it in the bathroom of Walmart."
“As for this specific case, I want to point out that the mother did not leave her baby in a dumpster in the middle of nowhere, where she was certain to die. She left her in a WalMart, teeming with Christmas shoppers, where she was almost certain to be discovered.”
She left the baby in a garbage can. Defending her because she didn’t put the baby in a dumpster is ...well...overly generous.
There is a 1 800 number you can call and you also can call 911 and the authorities will come and pick up the child. Go to the link I posted on post 1.
I read your Nebraska link. Interesting.
That’s good. Thanks.
Perhaps, but the baby is alive, not dead, so I am more inclined to be generous.
So, a two time loser.
Woman gave birth inside a Walmart bathroom and dumped the infant in the trash, police say
I just hope more of these young folks who are not aware of the safe haven laws will become aware of it.
The story is making some news organizations
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=&bih=&q=Kyandrea+Thomas&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=2
Jail- prison -is probably the safest place for her now, though I wonder if rehabilitation can help her. Perhaps only a spiritual awakening.
this is all around a very sad commentary on our society, we have been deteriorating morally for some decades now.
I really can’t get over the “explanations” posted here for her leaving a newborn in a trash can.
It’s a horribly-cruel deed she did.
Only two explanations for it: the woman is extremely mentally-ill or just extremely evil.
Good. More people need to be aware of the safe haven laws.
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