Underage Girl Not Facing Charges After Abandoning Infant Along Interstate Highway

 

WAXAHACHIE, TX – A baby was found on wrapped in a T-shirt and lying in a bush near I-35 on Thursday afternoon after the child's underaged mother allegedly abandoned him.

According to the Waxahacie Police Department, on Aug. 18, officers with the WPD were dispatched to 1700 block of South Interstate 35E, at the Bent Tree Town Homes, for the report of a baby who was discovered in a bush at the complex.

When the officers arrived, they discovered an infant that was wrapped in a T-shirt that had been abandoned inside of the bush.

The child was taken to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center were he is reportedly safe and in good condition. Police do say that they know who the mother of the child is.

Police say they will not charge the mother with a crime as of now. Police have confirmed that the mother is under the age of 18. CPS has taken custody of the child.

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