When Roseanne McCulloh's son noticed a baby carrier atop an irrigation box outside their Arizona home this week, he went to investigate, she told the Associated Press.
"I saw him jump 20 feet, and he said, 'There's a baby in it,' " Roseanne McCulloh told AP. "I ran over there. She wasn't blue. I touched her little arm, and I opened up the blanket. She was just beautiful."
McCulloh's son had discovered a newborn, who had been left in the carrier, according to reports. She was 7 pounds, 8 ounces, the AP reported, and wrapped up in a blanket. Her umbilical cord was still attached, and according to the Mesa Police Department, she was believed to be just hours old.
"She was a big baby," Roseanne McCulloh told an ABC affliate. "She was gorgeous."
Now authorities in Mesa, a suburban Phoenix community, are searching for the parents of the newborn girl, who was being called "Baby Jane."
"At this point, our detectives have kind of exhausted all of our initial possible leads that we had," Mesa police spokesman Steve Berry said at a news conference. "We have had no success in locating either Mom or Dad for this child."
Not far from where the baby was found Tuesday is a fire station, where the girl's parents could have left her and avoided charges, Berry said. Under Arizona's Safe Haven Law, newborns can be left at fire houses and other locations, such as hospitals or churches, for example.
"We understand that there are circumstances that people might get themselves into in life, where they just don't feel like they can deal with this or have the ability to care for that child," Berry said. "And that's why this law is in place."
Baby Jane appeared to be in good health, the Associated Press reported. Berry told The Washington Post on Thursday that she was taken to a hospital after the discovery, and was expected to be placed in foster care after she was released.
Police weren't flooded with calls or tips after news of the abandoned baby was announced, he said, but authorities still are hopeful that someone might come forward.
"Certainly, our belief is that there's probably someone out there who knows who the mother and father of this baby are," he said. "And we're hoping, obviously, that they'll call in."
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"I saw him jump 20 feet, and he said, 'There's a baby in it,' " Roseanne McCulloh told AP. "I ran over there. She wasn't blue. I touched her little arm, and I opened up the blanket. She was just beautiful."
McCulloh's son had discovered a newborn, who had been left in the carrier, according to reports. She was 7 pounds, 8 ounces, the AP reported, and wrapped up in a blanket. Her umbilical cord was still attached, and according to the Mesa Police Department, she was believed to be just hours old.
Now authorities in Mesa, a suburban Phoenix community, are searching for the parents of the newborn girl, who was being called "Baby Jane."
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Not far from where the baby was found Tuesday is a fire station, where the girl's parents could have left her and avoided charges, Berry said. Under Arizona's Safe Haven Law, newborns can be left at fire houses and other locations, such as hospitals or churches, for example.
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Baby Jane appeared to be in good health, the Associated Press reported. Berry told The Washington Post on Thursday that she was taken to a hospital after the discovery, and was expected to be placed in foster care after she was released.
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"Certainly, our belief is that there's probably someone out there who knows who the mother and father of this baby are," he said. "And we're hoping, obviously, that they'll call in."
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(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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