Child Abandonment

A 21-year-old man has been arrested and accused of sexual misconduct with a teen girl after a baby was found abandoned in a wooded area in Indianapolis on July 24.

Police are searching for the mother of a newborn they found abandoned on Friday night in Indianapolis. 

A newborn was safely surrendered in June to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Madison, Alabama, the Safe Haven Baby Boxes organization announced on Thursday.

An infant was reportedly abandoned in the parking lot of a popular Illinois tourist site, and police believe the parents have fled the country.

A newborn baby was surrendered to the Marion General Hospital in Indiana, according to Safe Haven Baby Boxes. 

A baby was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box at a fire station in Abilene, Texas, on July 1, city officials said.

A newborn was safely surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box at a fire station in Ennis, Texas, authorities announced.

Authorities said a newborn baby was found abandoned on Tuesday near a public park in Stafford County, Virginia.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed a bill on Tuesday that allows devices in the state designed to prevent infant abandonment. 

An infant was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Nolensville, Tennessee, which was installed just last month. 

Police found a one-year-old baby girl who was apparently abandoned in Times Square on Tuesday night.

The Alaska Senate passed a bill that would allow devices designed to prevent infant abandonment in the state.

Safe Haven Baby Boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns, potentially leaving them to die.

A baby was safely surrendered under Iowa’s Safe Haven Law earlier this month, officials said. 

An illegal alien released into the United States by the Biden administration is accused of murdering his three-year-old nephew.

A second baby has been safely surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box location in Tennessee. 

A newborn baby was safely surrendered to a hospital in Greenville, South Carolina, on Monday. 

A fire station in Rapid City, South Dakota, has opened the state’s first Safe Haven Baby Box. 

The mother of a newborn baby who was abandoned in Texas 24 years ago has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars.

A bill that would legalize Safe Haven Baby Boxes in Georgia passed the state House of Representatives on Tuesday. 

An infant was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box at a firehouse in Ohio in mid-January, according to officials. 

An infant was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Abilene, Texas, marking the second infant surrender to a baby box in the state this month.

A newborn was “safely surrendered” to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Atoka, Tennessee, officials said.

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.

The Rumford Fire Department is preparing to open Maine’s first Safe Haven Baby Box in February to prevent incidents of deadly infant abandonment. 

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. 

The Anoka County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota used DNA testing to solve the cold case of “Rachel Marie Doe,” a newborn baby found dead on a roadside in Blaine 42 years ago.

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.

Police released surveillance footage on Tuesday of a woman who was last seen with the newborn baby girl abandoned at a Midtown subway station in New York City.

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).