baby in dumpster

Police locate parents of newborn found abandoned at Colo. Springs apartment complex




COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Police say they located the parents of a baby girl who was found abandoned near a dumpster at the Rosemont at Shadow Grove apartment complex in Colorado Springs around 1:30 Wednesday afternoon.
Someone called 911 and reported finding the baby in the dumpster, though police say there are conflicting reports about how and exactly where the little girl was discovered.
The baby was taken to Memorial Central hospital and was awake, alert, and stable according to police.
Donna Campbell, a resident at the apartment complex says, “I was told there was a baby found in the dumpster wrapped in its mother’s hospital gown so it sounds like it could be a newborn.”
Police did not confirm what the child was wearing, or the girl’s exact age.
Around 8:00 p.m. investigators entered a second floor apartment across from the dumpster and began taking photos and collecting evidence.
Police confirmed they have located and spoken with the parents of the baby girl, but did not say if any arrests have been made.
Colorado has what’s called a ‘safe haven’ law passed in 2000 that allows a parent to hand over and infant, up to 72-hours-old, to an employee at any fire station or hospital, with absolutely no questions asked.
So long as the baby is unharmed, the parent will not be prosecuted for abandonment.
http://kdvr.com/2012/12/05/newborn-baby-found-near-trash-at-colorado-springs-apartment-complex/

so am i reading it correctly and they not prosecuting then because the law?

Didn't she leave her in a dumpster though? Is that the same as handing the infant over to authorities ?

How is leaving your baby by a dumpster handing a baby over to a safe person? What? And why is the limit 72 hrs? We don't have that limit here....and frankly I don't know why you would have a 72 hr limit. If someone wants to hand a baby off because they aren't going to care for it - they should be able to at any time rather than risk what else they could do. I am HOPING these people are mentally challenged or have some reason for doing soemthing so wrong.

Quoting justanothamotha:" How is leaving your baby by a dumpster handing a baby over to a safe person? What? And why is the limit ... [snip!] ... what else they could do. I am HOPING these people are mentally challenged or have some reason for doing soemthing so wrong."

ya it doesnt make sense to me

Quoting |♥| Jayme |♥|:" so am i reading it correctly and they not prosecuting then because the law? "

I was wondering the same thing

Quoting Misty Walls:" I was wondering the same thing"

that just doesn't make sense to me

I hope that was just part of the explanation of the safe haven law and not about the parents in this case

Quoting Misty Walls:" I hope that was just part of the explanation of the safe haven law and not about the parents in this case"

me too

I think it means, the parents will not be prosecuted if the baby is unharmed when they leave it at a hospital or fire station.

Quoting Nikita Rowsell:" I think it means, the parents will not be prosecuted if the baby is unharmed when they leave it at a hospital or fire station."

i am hoping that what it means, but when reading it on the website there is a gap between the sentences thats what got me

Quoting Nikita Rowsell:" I think it means, the parents will not be prosecuted if the baby is unharmed when they leave it at a hospital or fire station."

thats what i was wondering but they didnt word it very well. It was like they just stuck it in there at the end. They did find the parents pretty quick

Quoting Misty Walls:" thats what i was wondering but they didnt word it very well. It was like they just stuck it in there at the end. They did find the parents pretty quick "

im glad they found the parents

Quoting Nikita Rowsell:" I think it means, the parents will not be prosecuted if the baby is unharmed when they leave it at a hospital or fire station."

Right - like maybe a PSA reminder...like "Hey people - no need to leave your baby out by the trash, you can easily take it to the firestation with no worries & avoid a criminal investigation!". Let's hope that is what they meant.

Quoting Nikita Rowsell:" I think it means, the parents will not be prosecuted if the baby is unharmed when they leave it at a hospital or fire station."

Correct,that is the point of safe haven laws.