Child Abandonment - Page 2

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.

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.

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.

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.

An 18-year-old mother accused of placing her newborn baby in a dumpster is in the United States illegally, officials confirmed.

A newborn baby was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box at a fire station in Fishers, Indiana, the Fishers Fire Department announced Monday.

A young mother in Texas is accused of placing her newborn baby girl in a dumpster just moments after giving birth.

Idaho has welcomed its first Safe Haven Baby Box, a device created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in unsafe conditions, potentially leaving them to die.

The baby girl has been placed with a foster family since being abandoned near a bayou in Harris County, Texas.

A third infant has been surrendered to the Safe Haven Baby Box at Fire Station #1 in Madison, Alabama, according to officials.

A baby girl was abandoned in a shopping cart at a store in Lomita, California, a city in Los Angeles County, authorities said on Thursday.

Baby boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in the woods or trash bins, potentially leaving them to die.

An Ohio mother has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole for leaving her 16-month-old daughter home alone to die.

Maine is expected to get its first Baby Box, a device created for at-risk mothers to surrender their newborns safely and anonymously.

A man and woman have been arrested in connection with an infant who was discovered dead in a trash bin in Hollywood, Florida.

A Florida mother has been jailed for allegedly abusing her baby, after attempting to sell her to a concerned stranger for $500 and abandoning her.

A newborn baby was surrendered to Missouri’s only Safe Haven Baby Box location, the Mehlville Fire chief said at a news conference on Monday.

A 21-year-old mother was arrested for allegedly abandoning her newborn baby girl in a Yonkers apartment building hallway — however, she has already been released due to New York’s bail reform laws, police said.

A baby girl police described as “a few days old” was found abandoned in the hallway of an apartment building in Yonkers on Tuesday night.