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ARLINGTON, Texas - A prematurely born baby, who doctors said was about two hours old, was found alive Saturday morning, abandoned in a zipped-up in a suitcase next to a trash compactor at a Texas apartment complex, authorities said Tuesday. A female resident of the Monterra Pointe Apartments in Arlington was throwing out some trash just before 8:15 a.m. Saturday when she heard a baby’s cries and spotted a small black suitcase. “She opened the suitcase, at which point in time she saw a beautiful baby boy,” Arlington police Detective Morgan Speer told reporters at a news conference. Speer, who...

(NJ) Abandoned baby boy laid to rest by Delbarton (Catholic High School) students

HE let out a tiny whimper that only his mother or father could soothe: this is day-old baby Adam, who desperately needs his mum. The precious baby boy, with tufts of hair and chubby cheeks, should be bringing much delight to his family this Easter. Instead, the newborn will spend the long weekend at Wollongong Hospital after being dumped on a stranger's doorstep on the South Coast early yesterday morning, wrapped in just a thin bunny-print rug. There will be no shortage of cuddles and kisses for the gorgeous baby, with nursing staff already doting on him and showering him...

BERWICK (PA)- Police allege a 23-year old woman abandoned her newborn infant girl outside her home early Saturday morning. Jennifer Lynn Killian, of Garfield Avenue, who was born in Kingston, was charged with felony counts of aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of a child, and a misdemeanor count of recklessly endangering another person. She was arraigned early Thursday morning by District Judge Marvin Shrawder in Danville and jailed at the Columbia County Prison for lack of $1 million dollars, police said. Police linked the infant girl to Killian through DNA. According to the criminal complaint: Killian gave birth to...

The baby is taken to a hospital after being found in a bag near a Berwick home. BERWICK (PA) – A newly born baby girl was found abandoned in a plastic shopping bag outside of a Columbia County home on Saturday morning. The baby – born within hours from the time she was deserted – was taken by ambulance to Berwick Hospital and then flown by Life Flight helicopter to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, according to Berwick police Chief Francis H. Brennan. The condition of the infant was not immediately known as of late Saturday. The baby wasn’t left...

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- A baby girl remained hospitalized in good condition Sunday after being thrown into a lake in Brazilian park wrapped inside a plastic bag, doctors said.The baby, apparently 2 months old, was rescued Saturday afternoon by a couple who heard her crying in the Pampulha Lagoon in Belo Horizonte, a city about 500 kilometers (300 miles) northeast of Sao Paulo.Amateur footage broadcast on Brazilian TV showed rescuers using a long tree branch to pull the black plastic bag out of the water. They opened the bag and found the girl -- wearing a pink dress --...

HURST - A Texas Wesleyan student accused of trying to kill her newborn boy by discarding him in a trash bin surrendered Friday afternoon at the Hurst police station. Dana L. Wilson, 24, walked into the station about 4 p.m. accompanied by her mother and her attorney just hours after an arrest warrant was issued. Wilson is accused in an arrest affidavit of attempted capital murder. The affidavit says she tried to kill her infant on Nov. 14 by dumping him in a trash bin after placing him in a plastic bag and tying it. The bin was scheduled to...