Authorities in Chesterfield, South Carolina are desperately searching
for the mother of an infant that was found in a bathroom stall at a
local government building.
Shortly after 5 p.m. On December 30th, an
employee at the Chesterfield County Health Department discovered a
newborn baby girl on the floor of a bathroom stall.
Eric R. Hewett, Chesterfield Chief of Police said, “We have been
searching for the baby girl’s mother, father or someone who may have
information about this child.”
Hewett said that the infant was wearing
clothes and was wrapped in a blanket before being placed on the floor,
saying, “She was placed in a stall next to a toilet on the floor. She
was wrapped up very securely.”
After the discovery, the child was taken
to a nearby hospital, where medical staff estimated that she was
biracial, two to three days old, and that the mother likely did not give
birth at a medical facility, based on the lack of evidence of a heel
stick test, and the condition and appearance of her navel.
Hewett said that police are worried about the baby’s mother, saying,
“That’s one of our biggest concerns right now. The whereabouts and the
welfare of the mother.”
He believes that she could possibly be a victim
of some kind of incident. Authorities contacted hospitals in nearby
counties to see if the mom may have turned up there, but the search
turned up no leads.
The little one received a clean bill of health, and
is currently in the custody of the Department of Social Services.
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