Safe Haven Law

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 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 baby was safely surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and efforts to facilitate an adoption are underway.

Police found a newborn baby dead in a park near the east side of Indianapolis, Indiana, on Monday. 

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.

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

The surrender at the Covington County Hospital was the first in the state, and is one of 15 baby box surrenders across the U.S. in 2024.

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 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.

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.

A teen has been arrested for allegedly leaving a deceased baby girl in a Safe Haven Baby Box in Blackfoot, Idaho, police said.

A dead newborn baby girl was found in a Safe Haven Baby Box in Idaho in October, police announced this week.

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.

The body of a female infant was found at Lake Ft. Phantom, north of Abilene, Texas, on Saturday, according to police.

The baby girl was born on July 30 and is now in the custody of the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, state officials announced.

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

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.