While out walking one evening, one Washington State good samaritan heard what sounded like an animal in distress and got to work looking for the animal to see if it needed any help.
The passerby took out their cell phone and turned on the flashlight function and started searching to see where the noise was coming from, and a few minutes later discovered that the distressed cries weren’t coming from a wild animal but a distressed human baby.
The person immediately called 911 to report that they had found an abandoned baby. Police from the Lakewood Police Department rushed to the scene and saw that a baby had actually been abandoned in the grass wearing just a onesie. “In my 26 years of law enforcement, I don’t think I’ve seen a child abandoned in a yard like this,”
“In my 26 years of law enforcement I don’t think I’ve seen a child abandoned in a yard like this,” said Lt. Chris Lawler. “It’s extremely fortunate that somebody was going by and got to the child before his core temperature dropped or something else happened.”
Thankfully the baby boy, who was given to Child Protective Sources, was just a little cold but otherwise, unharmed. Police launched an investigation to locate the baby’s parents, and the next day, the team had located the father and mother, who admitted to taking drugs and abandoning her baby out of paranoia.
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[Featured Image: Facebook/Lakewood WA Police Department]
Stranger Discovers Three-Month-Old Abandoned In Grass is an article from: LifeDaily