General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse/What did I learn/chat about our day!, 1 by Tallulah_B

Tallulah_B wrote:
o my... Betty - I hadn't opened my emailed copy of the newspaper (we don't get the paper copy anymore), so didn't realize about the newborn in the trash bin!! Here's what the paper said:

CALGARY — The woman accused of abandoning her newborn boy in a northwest Calgary trash bin Tuesday told investigators she didn’t realize she was pregnant, police revealed today.
The 29-year-old woman is scheduled to undergo a psychiatric assessment today and is facing charges of attempted murder, failing to provide the necessities of life and child abandonment.
The baby was initially hypothermic and in life-threatening condition, but he’s now in stable condition.
“It was incredibly lucky the passersby responded to the cries of the baby,” said Staff Sgt. Leah Barber of the child abuse unit.
“I truly believe they saved his life.”
Authorities estimated the boy was born between 11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. — approximately two hours before the rescuers found him.
Police confirmed today the boy’s mother lives in Queen’s Park Village, the same townhouse complex where passersby found the infant inside a bag thrown into a metal trash bin.
An ambulance took the woman to hospital an hour after the baby was found in the bin, and she remains there today.
“Information suggests the woman was not aware of the pregnancy prior to the birth,” Barber said.
The boy’s father, likewise, didn’t know the woman was pregnant until authorities told him. He was not present during the birth.
Barber described the man’s reaction as “shock, I think.”
The woman hasn’t been charged, and authorities will likely withhold her name to protect the baby’s identity.
James Patton was walking his dog through the townhouse complex at 501 40th Ave. N.W. when a man and woman told him they heard a baby’s cries coming from inside the bin.
“A girl said she heard something, he tore open a garbage bag,” Patton said.
They found a naked baby boy with his umbilical cord still attached.
“I ripped off my shirt,” said Patton. “I kept the baby warm.”
The group called 911 and a police cruiser patrolling nearby arrived within two or three minutes.
The resident who lives closest to the bin said she didn’t hear anything unusual when she was outside an hour before others found the baby.
“I just thank God for the girl that can hear better than me,” Sheila Pierzchala said.
Pierzchala lives close enough to the bin that she said she often tosses her trash into it from her front steps.
“I’m just thankful I didn’t throw my garbage on top of a baby who was right below,” Pierzchala said, adding she was just happy the baby was still alive.
She had not noticed any pregnant women living nearby.
“I think it’s so sad. It’s so sad for whoever had to do this, that they were in a situation that they felt they had to do it.”

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Wow - I feel so glad that the baby is now alright, and that the woman is in the hospital.... she needs HELP!! Imagine, doing this to a poor helpless newborn! At least "in the old days", people would put a baby they didn't want in a basket and leave it on someone's doorstep. That was at least more humane!!!!!!!