HOUSTON (KHOU) – Authorities are searching for the mother of a newborn girl
who was found abandoned in a Walmart shopping bag near a Cypress
apartment complex Tuesday evening.
Harris County Sheriff's deputies say a woman was walking her dog near
the Stonegate Villas Apartments in the 11000 block of Grant Road around
7 p.m. when her dog picked up on a scent.
The dog led the owner to a plastic bag along the fence line of the
apartments. To her surprise, she found a baby girl wrapped in a plastic
Walmart bag. She called 911.
Emergency responders rushed to the scene and immediately began caring
for the newborn. The umbilical cord was still attached and was clamped
off by ems. Paramedics say the baby was miraculously in good condition
and is breathing on her own.
She was then transported to Texas Children's Hospital for observation.
Still, everyone wonders who could have possibly left her alone and in the cold.
Neighbors expressed shock and disbelief.
"That's just terrible. That's barbaric," said Ryan Neeley. "You know
that's something that you would do back in the medieval times or
something. It's barbaric."
The Harris County Sheriff's Office Crimes against Children Unit is
now investigating. Authorities do not believe that the person who
dropped off the newborn lives at the apartment complex.
Anyone with information is urged to call the HCSO Crimes against
Children Unit at 713-830-3250 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477).
Credit: 11 News' Tiffany Craig
Credit: 11 News' Tiffany Craig
Credit: 11 News' Tiffany Craig
