Infant Abandoned in Nevada Desert
The body of an infant girl was found in a field in Nevada. Nothing so far proves that this is a homicide and it does appear as though the baby had medical problems. Regardless, police need information as to how the body ended up in that field. Even if there was no foul play here, […]
Infant Abandoned in Colorado Church
No victory for us today. A baby was found approximately 4 hours after birth in a bathroom sink of a Colorado church just last week. Churches are not covered under the Safe Haven Laws in Colorado as a drop-off site. Even if churches were an option, the mother did not leave the newborn in the […]
Illinois Infant Protection Laws Changing
Illinois will expand infant protection laws after the Jakobsson bill was approved unanimously in February. The initial Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act covers the same locations as most others including police and fire stations as well as hospitals. When Jakobsson learned that the problem of abandoned babies was occurring quite commonly on college campuses, he […]
Baby Safe Haven Laws Keep Mother and Baby Safe
Another search for a missing mother is in progress in Galveston, TX. This is a bit different than other cases of abandoned infants and their mother’s, however. At this time, they are not pursuing any legal sanction against her, though the circumstances of the case certainly warrant it. Someone left the infant on a doorstep […]
Infant Abandonment? A Mother’s Worst Fear!
This is a short article about Nicole DeJaynes who is currently in jail pending investigation into her infant’s death. The baby was found in a trash can near her apartment building. Authorities are still unsure whether this is actually a case of infant abandonment as the child may not have been born alive. We will […]
Child Abandonment | A Blessing in Disguise
This article isn’t exactly up our alley as far as promotion of Safe Haven Laws, but I just couldn’t resist sharing the story with you today. A baby named Maisy was unwanted and left on an orphanage doorstep in China because of a facial deformity. This specific deformity is supposedly a bad omen in Chinese […]
How Baby Safe Haven Laws Began
Ever wonder how Safe Haven Laws started? Read this fantastic article. After finding several victims of infanticide, Tim Jaccard did some research to find out how prevalent the epidemic was. What he found was absolutely appalling. 41 babies in just 3 cities in just ONE MONTH were found dead. He knew he had to do […]
Abandoned Baby Update
Here is an updated article about the infant boy found in a toilet at the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, SC that we reported several weeks ago here at One By One. Authorities are still looking for the mother who abandoned her child and put him in this awful and dangerous situation. He was found approximately […]
Baby Safe Haven Laws Work!
Today’s article is about a baby that was abandoned a few months ago in Horry County, SC. He is alive and well and there was no controversy surrounding his being left at a local hospital. So why am I sharing it with you? I wanted to share this article with you today to demonstrate the […]
Abandoned Baby? What Does Your State Consider Abandonment?
Some stories of infant mistreatment make me incredibly sad. Some stories of infant mistreatment make me incredibly angry. This is one of those stories. A woman who was supposed to be babysitting decided to get a bit of work done at the same time. She thought it would be a good idea to go clean […]
