Baby Abandoned at Walgreens
Today’s story is a head-scratcher. Illinois police were alerted to a baby that had been abandoned in a Walgreens shopping cart. The baby was fine, thankfully. Even stranger, the mother reported from across the street from the Walgreens that the child was kidnapped. Employees assured police that she had brought the child in, spoken to […]
Infant Abandoned in a Backyard
Crime Stoppers needs your help again. A baby was dropped off at a Tennessee fire station. The woman who dropped the child off claimed that she found the infant in her backyard. If this is the case, if found, the mother may face criminal charges even though the baby is now safe. According to Safe […]
Baby Abandoned with Babysitter
Wow. I have never heard a story quite like this. A woman left her child in the care of a babysitter and police are calling it abandonment. Confused? Well, the babysitter had a family emergency and called the mother to come pick up her child. The mother refused and expected the babysitter to find an […]
Baby Saved by Safe Haven in Indiana
Another baby was saved under Safe Haven in Indiana recently. This article is short and sweet, but still worth the read. A baby was dropped off at a Bedford hospital with no complications. What was sad was that I learned why Indiana approved Safe Haven in the state 10 years ago. A baby was placed […]
Backyard Abandonment
This is just not a good month for the babies of this country. Yet another newborn was found abandoned in someone’s backyard and there is currently no evidence to suggest who put the child there. The umbilical cord had been cut with a serrated knife and had a low birth weight. Otherwise, the child was […]
Billings Mother Faces No Charges for Abandonment
This article made me angry. A child was dropped off at a hospital in Billings and the mother will not face charges for abandonment, but I do not think she should be off the hook so easily. She left the child in a bathroom by himself. Hospital workers determined that the infant could not have […]
Abandoned Infant Perishes on Porch
I have yet another article on an infant who was found dead and abandoned. It is possible that the baby was not dead at the time she was abandoned, but she was left on a neighbor’s dark porch and was no longer breathing by the time she was found. She was wrapped in a brown […]
No Shame in Safe Haven
Today’s article reflects on the two recent tragedies in Hendersonville: the Bi-Lo incident and the murder of the newborn twins, both previously reported on here at One By One Safe Haven. Again, there is one part of the article I would like to highlight. It mentions that Safe Haven protects babies and secrets. This is […]
Lindsey Lowe: Killed Newborn Twins
As I begin to write about today’s article, I am very much at a loss for words. There have been very few occasions when words fail me, but this is such a heart-breaking story. Lindsey Lowe, 25, gave birth to twin boys a few weeks ago. She was at home when she went into labor […]
Surprising Trends in Infant Abandonment
Wow. Today’s article has some statistics that actually surprised me. It initially talks about how Illinois has expanded Safe Haven locations to include university police stations, which we have already reported on. They then mention that in the decade since Safe Haven was adopted in Illinois, 69 babies were saved by a safe haven location. […]
