Child Abandonment

A newborn baby was safely surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Lubbock, Texas, marking the first baby box surrender in the state, Lubbock Fire Rescue Chief Richard Stewart announced on Monday.

A newborn baby boy described as only “hours old” was safely surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Montgomery, Alabama, on Dec. 22. 

The 400th Safe Haven Baby Box nationwide opened at a Texas hospital on Friday afternoon. 

A mother is accused of dumping her newborn baby boy in a trash bag and leaving him outside of an apartment door in the Bronx, police said. 

High school students in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, are working to fight infant abandonment by successfully bringing a Safe Haven Baby Box to their community.

A newborn was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box at a fire station in Clermont County, Ohio. 

A newborn was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box for the first time in Wisconsin’s history since the state passed a law allowing the devices in 2023.

A newborn baby girl was discovered abandoned on the steps of a Midtown subway station in New York City on Monday morning, according to law enforcement.

A woman has been arrested in connection with a newborn who was discovered alive in an apartment complex dumpster in Austin, Texas, last week, police said. 

A baby was discovered alive in a dumpster at an apartment complex in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, according to the Austin Police Department (APD).

Baby boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in unsafe conditions, potentially leaving them to die.

A baby was surrendered earlier this month to a Safe Haven Baby Box at the Muscle Shoals Fire Department in Alabama.

A judge sentenced a woman this week after medical staff discovered her baby girl dead in a Safe Haven Baby Box last year in Blackfoot, Idaho.

A Safe Haven Baby Box is going to be installed at a New Mexico hospital next week where parents can safely surrender their newborns anonymously.

The infant was safely surrendered to the box at Mehlville Fire House 2 around 2:30 p.m. last Sunday, according to the Mehlville Fire Protection District.

The suspect in the July 29, 2025, quadruple killing in Tennessee was captured Tuesday following a weeklong manhunt. 

A baby was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Hendersonville, Tennessee, last week.

A baby has been surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Covington County, Mississippi, the organization confirmed on Monday. 

Virginia’s first Safe Haven Baby Box has opened at the Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

A Nevada mother has been arrested after her newborn baby boy was discovered abandoned in a dumpster in Sun Valley on Saturday. 

A newborn was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Mississippi, making it the state’s second surrender.

Baby boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in unsafe conditions, potentially leaving them to die.

Montana is set to receive its first Safe Haven Baby Box, a device designed to help fight infant abandonment. 

The rescue boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in unsafe conditions, potentially leaving them to die.

Police are searching for the mother of a newborn baby who was discovered next to a dumpster in Riverside, California on Sunday. 

A newborn baby was found dead in a dumpster in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Tuesday morning, according to police. 

A newborn baby was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Hobbs, New Mexico, last week, marking the third surrender since the location opened in May 2023. 

A 26-year-old woman has turned herself into authorities after a baby was discovered abandoned in the cold on Sunday in New York.

A bystander rescued an abandoned newborn from the cold on Sunday morning in New York, PIX11 News reported.

An Oklahoma woman was arrested on Christmas Eve after her baby was allegedly abandoned at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

A one-month-old baby was discovered abandoned on a median strip on Christmas morning in Denver, Colorado, according to law enforcement. 

A Safe Haven Baby Box was blessed in Mishawaka last Wednesday, marking the 300th baby box location in the United States and the 141st in the state, WPTA reported.

Lawmakers in Georgia are hoping to pass a bill this coming session that would modify the state’s Safe Haven law to include baby boxes.

The first baby box in Kansas has been installed in Hutchinson, providing at-risk parents with another option for safely surrendering newborns.

The toddler was alive when she was discovered but later died at the hospital, Galveston Police Chief Doug Balli said.

The Central Fire Station in Olde Towne Slidell, Louisiana, is set to be the home of the state’s first Safe Haven Baby Box.