Mystery Unfolds As ‘Days Old’ Baby Girl Found Abandoned In Yonkers Apartment Building Hallway

[Sugar Cookie]

A newborn baby girl was found alone in the hallway of an apartment building in Yonkers Tuesday night, prompting an immediate investigation into the child’s mysterious abandonment.

Officers were called to 32 Chestnut Street at approximately 8:30 p.m. after receiving a call that a baby was left unattended in the building, Yonkers police said in a statement.

“The found baby is a female that is approximately only a few days old,” the statement read.

The newborn was taken to an area hospital for further evaluation.

She is currently in stable condition, police added.

Detectives returned to the area Wednesday morning to continue their investigation, a police spokesperson told The Post over the phone.

The apartment building where the baby was found was small, with only about three or four units.

Mystery unfolds as ‘days old’ baby girl found abandoned in Yonkers apartment building hallway

Officers were called to 32 Chestnut Street at approximately 8:30 p.m. after receiving a call that a baby was left unattended in the building, Yonkers police said in a statement.

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[Sugar Cookie]

A 21-year-old Yonkers woman was arrested after allegedly leaving her baby in a Nodine Hill apartment building, police said Thursday.

The newborn girl, her umbilical cord still attached, was found wrapped in a blanket at 32 Chestnut St. at about 8:30 p.m. by a resident of the building. The resident wrapped the baby in another blanket and called police. Responding officers and EMS workers assessed the baby and she was taken to the hospital.

After viewing surveillance video and interviewing witnesses, detectives identified the mother as Jacqueline Marleni Perez. She was taken to a hospital for evaluation and later released and was charged with abandonment of a child, a felony.

It was unclear whether she was aware of New York's Safe Haven law, which allows parents to abandon an infant under 30 days old without fear of prosecution if they do so at designated locations in a safe manner.

Yonkers police Commissioner Christopher Sapienza said six police buildings, 12 fire department buildings as well as hospitals and other locations in Yonkers qualify as such safe havens.

Police determined Perez had given birth by herself at about 3:30 Tuesday afternoon. She dressed the infant in a T-shirt, wrapped her in the blanket and left her in the first floor hallway near the entrance to 32 Chestnut at about 7:30.

Sgt. Frank DiDomizio, a department spokesman, said police are not releasing the mother's address, where she gave birth or even whether she lived close to 32 Chestnut. He did say the location where the baby was found "was apparently chosen with the hopes that someone would find the baby."

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano commended police for finding the mother quickly and showing compassion for her after what he called her "traumatic and desperate ordeal."

A 'traumatic & desperate ordeal': Woman, 21, arrested for leaving baby in Yonkers building

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano commended police for finding the mother quickly and showing compassion for her.

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[cubby]

I give her credit for not dumping the baby in a bush or ditch, but put her somewhere she would be found fairly quickly. I hope it all works out for the best, whatever that is.

 

[thuumpr]

I give her credit for not dumping the baby in a bush or ditch, but put her somewhere she would be found fairly quickly. I hope it all works out for the best, whatever that is.

If you're going to give her credit for something, give her credit for time served!

 

[runninfawn]

schools should teach about safe havens and laws , where it is safe to leave babies you can't take care of for what ever reasons and it should also be advertised on t.v, radios etc as a public service. a little eduction would go a long way in saving babies life and make any woman a little less desparate in finding a solution when they can't , for what ever reason, keep their babies..

 

[Sugar Cookie]

schools should teach about safe havens and laws , where it is safe to leave babies you can't take care of for what ever reasons and it should also be advertised on t.v, radios etc as a public service. a little eduction would go a long way in saving babies life and make any woman a little less desparate in finding a solution when they can't , for what ever reason, keep their babies..

Youtube, Instagram should run information as well since not everyone listens to FM radio anymore or television.

Middle schools and high schools should have information in the nurses office and maybe posted through out the schools.

Communities should have billboards that explain what safe haven means and locations that are deemed as such.

I also think all communities should install baby boxes so people will not be afraid to drop the child off.

I hope I explain this thought correctly - If you say you will look for the mother when a child is abandoned you need to make it clear that the mother will not be searched for if she drops the child off at a safe haven location - and not look for her when she does.

 

[runninfawn]

Youtube, Instagram should run information as well since not everyone listens to FM radio anymore or television.

Middle schools and high schools should have information in the nurses office and maybe posted through out the schools.

Communities should have billboards that explain what safe haven means and locations that are deemed as such.

I also think all communities should install baby boxes so people will not be afraid to drop the child off.

I hope I explain this thought correctly - If you say you will look for the mother when a child is abandoned you need to make it clear that the mother will not be searched for if she drops the child off at a safe haven location - and not look for her when she does.

you said exactly what i was trying to say ..ty