Social Media Makes it Easy to Spread Safe Haven Message
This article also explains the benefits of teaching children in high school about Safe Haven Laws, but goes further and brings up a point I enjoyed very much. I am often confused about why there are so many young people who are completely ignorant about Safe Haven Laws. It seems to me that the information […]
Baby Abandoned in Hospital Bathroom Dies
Oh no. A situation I reported just a few weeks ago went from bad to couldn’t-be-worse. The baby that was left in a hospital bathroom has died. When found abandoned he was already suffering from low blood pressure and brain damage. Unfortunately, he was unable to pull through. The mother, rightfully so, may now face […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
