Newborn Twins Found Dead in Trunk
Just when I think my job promoting Safe Haven is making a little bit of a difference, I get proven wrong. Every time. Jackie Burkle, 22, confessed to killing her newborn twins after police found them in the trunk of her car. The whole story broke because a concerned coworker noticed she was no longer […]
Whereabouts of Newborn Unknown to Police
This is a new one for me. A mother is facing charges of killing her newborn though no child has been found. Seem strange? Well the mother admitted to giving birth to a baby but refuses to tell police where it is. The police department has been searching the area around where she gave birth, […]
Texas Stats on Abandonment and Abuse
There is a link to today’s article below. I am not going to give very many details on it since it is a very short article, but I urge you to read it. It includes some absolutely terrifying and disheartening statistics on child abandonment and abuse in Texas. If you read many articles on this […]
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 […]
Pennsylvania Baby Needs Help!
Like a few other articles we have reported on, police are asking for the public’s help in locating the parents of an abandoned baby based on the items left with the child. A baby in Pennsylvania was left in a cardboard box just a few days before Christmas. The baby was only a few hours […]
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 […]
Another Dumpster Baby in Savannah
There was a baby found in a dumpster in Savannah just a few weeks ago and the mother has been found. Her name was not released in today’s article, only that she is 18-years-old. The article also mentions why the law was enacted in Georgia. Back in 2002, another baby was found in a dumpster […]
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 […]
3 Year Anniversary for Abandoned Infant
A baby boy was honored in Horry County recently. He died more than 3 years ago, but residents hope the memorial service will remind everyone that Safe Haven laws still exist and there is no excuse for what happened to the boy. They also hope the service will somehow trigger a detail in someone’s mind […]
Kesia Lenetta Watson: Another Abandoned Infant
Today’s article is rather short, but definitely worth reporting. Another baby was found abandoned in Prichard. The baby was placed on a porch by the mother, Kesia Lenetta Watson, 33. She has been arrested, but police are still investigating the incident. The article makes no mention of the welfare of the child. This makes me […]
