Julianne McCrery Kills Child Instead of Utilizing Safe Haven
Although this is not a story of the abandonment of an infant, I wanted to share it with you anyway. This adorable 6 year old boy was found dead on a dirt road in Maine. Police were suspicious when no children matching his description were reported missing. This is very unusual. It turns out that […]
Man Who Saved Abandoned Baby is Reunited 16 Years Later
I found an updated article on a story I reported quite a while ago. A man named David Valdez found an abandoned baby on his way home from school when he was just 12 years old. That was 16 years ago. Ever since he has wondered about the baby, nicknamed Baby David, and what had […]
Parents Charged for Leaving Baby by Church Dumpster
I have an update on a story I wrote about not long ago. There is an end to the story of the baby that was left by a dumpster behind a church. The parents have been found are being charged with child abandonment and child neglect. I am so glad that they were found. I […]
Baby Boy found in Plastic Bag
Just a few weeks ago another baby was found dead in a storage unit. The child was found in a plastic bag. It was not immediately evident how long the baby boy had been dead or if he had died of natural causes. While I really hope that this newborn was not intentionally killed, it […]
Paternal Rights in Safe Haven Laws
This is a new and interesting story. A mother, angry with her husband, decided to take her 1 and 2 year old children to a nearby fire station and dropped them off. The husband and father was notified and he came to get them the same day, but this raises some issues. If a mother […]
Students Walk for Safe Haven Laws
Cheers for the students of Brien McMahon High School! They walked 14 miles across Connecticut to raise awareness for the state’s Safe Haven Laws. They handed out fliers all along the way with information on the laws. We need more people like this who are willing to give up just a few hours to help […]
Adoptive Mother Speaks Out about Child Abandonment
In today’s article an adoptive mother weighs in on the recent child abandonment in Kimberly. The mother, Janet Kirsling, adopted an infant who had been left at a hospital under the Safe Haven Laws. She wishes the mom involved in the Kimberly case had realized how easy of a process it could have been to […]
Infant Abandoned in Hospital Trash Can
I cannot decide if the article I just read makes me more sad or more angry. A teenage girl abandoned her child in the bathroom trash bin of a hospital. As of the last update, the baby was on life support due to low oxygen, low blood pressure, and brain damage. Her justification for this […]
Infant Abandonment: Legislation or Logic?
This is another article on the baby found abandoned by a church dumpster. This one piqued my interest moreso than others, however. The author states that not knowing about Safe Haven Laws is not an excuse for child abandonment. I could not agree more. So many times I have begged and pleaded for everyone to […]
Baby Abandoned by Dumpster- Steps Away from Church
Today’s article just SICKENS me. A newborn baby was found abandoned near a church dumpster just a few weeks ago. Does this make sense to anyone? Not me. The parent who abandoned the child clearly had the presence of mind to take a child to a church. For what possible reason did they not take […]
