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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.

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 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.

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.

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 newborn baby girl was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Lebanon, Ohio, officials announced.

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

The mother of a newborn baby who was discovered dead in a trash bin on the University of Tampa has been charged in the infant’s death.

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

A baby was recently surrendered in Woodburn, Indiana, to the first Safe Haven Baby Box ever installed in the United States.

A North Carolina woman was arrested in connection with a 1987 cold case of a newborn baby who was found dead in a dumpster in California, the New York Post reported.

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 woman in Louisville, Kentucky, was arrested over the weekend after the body of her newborn baby was discovered in the trunk of her vehicle, reports say.

Parents are facing child endangerment charges after a woman discovered a newborn attached by the umbilical cord to his unconscious mother.

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

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

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 baby boy was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Belen, New Mexico, on Tuesday afternoon.

An infant was surrendered to Alabama’s first Safe Haven Baby Box, just days after installation, WAFF48 reported on Wednesday.

The first Safe Haven Baby Box infant surrender of 2024 happened at an Indiana fire station last week, according to officials.

Dog walker discovered newborn baby girl discarded on London street amid freezing winter weather, saving the baby’s life. 

A Nebraska woman is accused of child abuse after her baby tested positive for methamphetamine and cocaine.

The Madison County Coroner’s Office has released the autopsy report for a baby who was discovered in the back of a garbage truck in Ohio.

A Safe Haven Baby Box is being credited for saving a newborn’s life in Hobbs, New Mexico, just months after being installed.

“I don’t deserve to live,” she wrote on a Post-it note shown in court. “I am a horrible evil person,” she wrote. “I AM EVIL I DID THIS.”

Missouri has joined the growing list of states installing Safe Haven Baby Boxes, which are secured incubators where mothers in crisis can surrender their newborns.