The mother of a newborn boy who survived being tossed out of a moving car has been identified and interviewed by investigators, authorities said Friday.*edit:
"It is my belief … that this person is the birth mother of the child," Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne told reporters.
The boy, believed to be less than an hour old, was thrown out of a car alongside a busy street Thursday afternoon, police said.
The 8-pound, 2-ounce boy, whose umbilical cord was still attached, survived with minor injuries and was hospitalized in good condition Friday. Nurses at the hospital have nicknamed the child Johnny.
State law lets a mother leave a baby at any medical facility or fire station within three days of birth without any questions asked.
"That provides parents or women with an option. You don't have to just abandon your child in way that would endanger his or her life," said Veda Coleman-Wright, a sheriff's office spokeswoman.
A woman stopped and found the baby inside a small plastic bag. She scooped him up and took him to a nearby sheriff's office, and he was transferred to Broward General Medical Center.
The good Samaritan, who originally thought the couple had thrown a puppy out the window, was "very distraught, very upset," Jenne said. The woman's name was not released.
The woman made up the story. It was her baby, and it wasn't thrown out of a car. Yes, I'm still glad Florida has the death sentence.
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Baby story that ends with one for the good guys.
Was a Northern Kentucky woman trying to kill a pregnant woman and cut the baby out of her womb, only to have the pregnant woman turn the knife on her in a fight to the death?
Police are investigating that possibility after a fatal stabbing in a Fort Mitchell apartment Thursday afternoon.
The pregnant woman, Sarah Brady, 26, suffered only minor defensive cuts, reported WLWT-TV. The baby, which was due Friday, is OK.
The alleged attacker, Katie Smith, 22, died at a hospital, police said.
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