Child Left in Car After Crash
To switch things up a bit, today’s article does not pertain to Safe Haven Laws exactly, but it does deal with child abandonment. A man named Lynn Dexter Bailey Jr. was arrested for leaving his toddler at the scene of a crash. Police were called to an area in Chesterfield, VA to investigate a suspicious […]
Baby Discovered in Garbage Chute
I wish I did not have to report this… but stories like this do illustrate the need for increased publicity for Safe Haven Laws. So… A woman in New York has been arrested for throwing her newborn down a garbage chute. Thankfully, the baby is safe since the trash compactor was jammed leaving a large […]
Laquasia Wright Dumps Baby in Garbage Chute
I have a short update on the article I last wrote about regarding the newborn found in a garbage chute. The mother’s name is Laquasia Wright and she was 18 at the time of the incident. She has been charged with attempted murder and endangering the welfare of a child. Police say it is possible […]
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 […]
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 […]
