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A NEWBORN BABY girl has been found alive and well after being buried alive in a Los Angeles riverbed.
The baby, who is estimated to be between 36 and 48 hours old, was only discovered after passers-by heard her crying.
The LA County Sheriff is asking for the local public’s help with any information they may have as to the baby’s identity and abandonment.
Local police received a call at 4pm on Friday afternoon from walkers who said they could hear a baby crying from the riverbed in the city of Compton.
Two officers subsequently located the baby buried under layers of asphalt and rubble in a crevice.
CNN reports that the baby is believed to have been born at a hospital or medical facility because of the blanket she was found wrapped in.
LA County Sheriff's / Twitter#Newborn Baby girl #Abandoned and buried near Riverbed. #LASD seeks info regarding incident. https://t.co/65E8GuNaim pic.twitter.com/tO830le0w5
— LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) November 28, 2015
Local Angelica Blount told CNN that she believed the noise she was hearing was a cat at first.
“My sister said ‘Can you hear the baby crying?’,” she said.
And I said, ‘I don’t know; it might be a cat’. And my sister said, ‘No, it’s a baby crying’.
It was Angelica and her sister Evangelina McCrary who phoned for police.
The baby is now at a local hospital where her condition is listed as stable.
LA County operates a system known as the ‘Baby Safe Surrender’ programme, under which a parent stuck in a difficult situation can simply surrender their child at any hospital or fire station in LA County.
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The little pet. Thank god she was heard in time.
It was probably as a result of the wrath of a God-fearing parent that the mother tried to get rid of the baby in the first place. Hope the baby and mother can be reunited!
You think the mother buried that baby and you hope for them to be reunited? I must be missing something.
Jayess George ,do you ever say anything worth while .
What a load of rubbish George mother should locked up in a psychiatric unit .
Frank, don’t you think it’s even slightly conceivable that the mother was under extreme duress, we’ve had enough such cases in Ireland. If, the child can be eventually returned to the mother then that’s a good result. If the mother is evil or cruel or a sociopath, then they should not be reunited.
What is so rubbish about that analysis, Frank?
My heart goes out to the poor mother, who had to do this. So sad
F**k the mother – she buried her newborn alive! -The liberals on here are getting worse by the day
Yeah George , she is an evil c@nt
Who said the mother buried her?
I really hope they find the mother so she can receive some consequences or at least mental help for doing this.
Because of the “safe surrender” law there is really no excuse to abandon your baby for dead. All she had to do was go to a hospital, fire station, or a police station and hand the baby to an employee there. She wouldn’t have had to answer any questions though they do ask voluntary questions for the child’s health…but she wouldn’t have had to even give her name. There would have been no consequences for surrendering custody of the child.
But abandoning the child for dead and in this case burying her alive are both serious crimes.
No, don’t thank “God” thank the passers by who heard the cries…
Get a grip.
I agree, if a god was involved in anyway it wouldn’t have let this happen in the first place! Away with yer mystical fairy loving tripe and give thanks for the real saviours of this little girl, the passer by who phoned for help!
They don’t know who abandoned the child so it may not have been the mother. More info needed. Otherwise just speculation and jumping to conclusions. Hope the baby can have a good life going forward
What a load of judgmental f#ckers some of you are. Why would you call for the unfortunate mother to be punished without any knowledge of her circumstances ?. There are so many possibilities in this case, stress of birth, postpartum depression or family pressures . Just because someone does something when their mind isn’t right doesn’t maker evil, psychopathic or a monster just human in an unfortunate position. I hope you all remain in perfect mental health up there in your ivory towers .
Well said, Liam.
Straight outta Compton
Well we dont know who abandoned this baby. It could be the mother but it could also be someone else. If this baby was born in a hospital then it would have been missed somewhere along the line. If it’s easy to surrender the baby then why abandon it at all If it was the mother? There is clearly other facts we are not aware if yet
I can’t understand why anyone could bury a child and walk away..maybe I’m blinded by the love have I have for my own babies but I think the world is just getting more and more cruel and senseless..I’m beginning to loose empathy for women that do this..why not leave the child somewhere safe and warm
Thank god, thank the lord, thank the heavens, thank the taxpayer, thank the police, thank anyone that this poor girl was saved from certain death. It pains me to see this on social media though. This girl was delivered the worst possible hand on her birthday; having awful, criminal, sociopathic parents as protectors. She deserves the best possible shot at life but she wont get that in the social system in the U.S.A. She will never be free from this. She will always be known as the girl who was abandoned.
Are they going to tattoo it on her forehead or something?
she could have left that baby at a church..fire station or anywhere else . not try to kill her by burying her.
What is wrong with people , poor child
Other sites say “down a hole in a footpath” or “in hole along Compton bike path ” which iws “NEAR a riverbed” but you said “IN a riverbed”. tut tut
Maybe if it gets adopted it’ll have less of a chance of being called Duquan or Sharisse.
It’s a baby girl mate! “She” is the word you’re looking for you moron
It is destined for her to link up with the abandoned boy in the crib in Queen’s
At the least the police had the good sense to stop and pose for “caring” looking photos rather than irresponsibly rush the child to medical experts………
Thank god , a little angel !!
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