Premature Baby Girl Found Wrapped In Blanket Near Bayou In W. Harris Count

[Sugar Cookie]

A premature baby girl was found abandoned in west Harris County near a bayou on Saturday morning, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies responded to the 5500 block of Casa Martin shortly after 9 a.m. and found the child, who was wrapped in a blanket, officials said.

Upon discovery, the umbilical cord was still attached to the infant, HCSO said.

Officials said the newborn girl was taken to a Methodist hospital in Katy and is OK.

Surveillance footage obtained by ABC13 shows a man walking with the baby wrapped in a towel before eventually abandoning her. Furthermore, the video shows different angles of the incident.

A couple who found the baby while walking with their 3-year-old daughter.

The couple also witnessed a man running, where surveillance footage from a neighbor captured the moments of the shocking discovery.

"The look the baby was giving me, it's a newborn. I held her, and I'm like, how can someone can just leave a baby like this? It's heartbreaking," Marin told ABC13.

The man is facing charges of abandoning and endangering child, while the sheriff's office is asking the public's help in finding him.

Baby girl found wrapped in blanket near bayou in W. Harris County, HCSO says

Surveillance footage obtained by ABC13 shows a man walking with the baby wrapped in a towel before eventually abandoning her. Officials said the baby is OK after being taken to a hospital.

abc13.com

 

[thuumpr]

People don't give a shit anymore.

 

[runninfawn]

People don't give a shit anymore.

i think people don't give a shit anymore because there are very little consequences for their bad actions... our justice system is broken

 

[thuumpr]

i think people don't give a shit anymore because there are very little consequences for their bad actions... our justice system is broken

Maybe if the consequences were punishment, they'd get their stuff together.

 

[runninfawn]

Maybe if the consequences were punishment, they'd get their stuff together.

that's what i meant not slap on wrists or being coddled in jail and get more done for you than those who work hard for a living ..

 

[cubby]

The baby was left near the bayou, ya think he was hoping a hungry alligator might come along and destroy all evidence?

 

[BuffettGirl]

I would legit slit my own wrists before I would place a defenseless infant in that kind of harm. I don't get some people...

 

[GingerSnap99]

They need to start by making the whole “safe place” and drop-off thing a national campaign. Put posters up in high schools so every young person learns that you can anonymously leave a newborn somewhere safe with no questions asked. Put ads about it on FB, IG, and You Tube. It’s really not that difficult.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

I say don't look for this man or the mother and give that baby a shot at a decent life.

 

[thuumpr]

I say don't look for this man or the mother and give that baby a shot at a decent life.

I say look for this man or the mother and shoot them.