Crime & Safety
Abandoned Baby: Newborn Girl Left in Field Hours After Birth
Chicago Heights Police are searching for the mother, who might need medical attention.
CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL — Police are searching for the mother of an hours-old infant girl who was left in a field in Chicago Heights Tuesday morning—possibly just hours after it was born.
The Chicago Heights Police Department were called just before 11 a.m. for a report of an infant found lying in a grassy field, near 19460 Chicago Heights-Glenwood Road, ABC7 reports.
The baby—who was conscious—was taken to St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights. She is listed as in stable condition.
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Police are seeking the mother, who may need medical attention. Anyone with information should call 708-756-6400.
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