Texas Mom Abandons Crying 8MO Boy Outside Possible Father's Home

[Sugar Cookie]

Last week, authorities put out a photo of an eight and a half month-old baby looking to identify him after he was abandoned.

Now, 23-year-old Loretta Faye Norwood is charged with felony abandoning a child.

Court documents say she left the baby outside a southwest Houston porch around 12:12 a.m. March 21.

The documents say 38 minutes later, at 12:50, she sent a text message to the son of the woman who lives in the home saying, "Your son outside. Tell your mom to get him. Don't leave your son outside. He is there after the DNA, you can get his papers. Better get your son from outside because he there."

The documents say the man didn't see that text until 8 a.m. and he did not know if the baby was his son.

Around 6 a.m., the homeowner took something outside and saw the baby in a car seat. They say she brought the baby in and called the police, records say.

The documents say the baby was checked out at a hospital, is in good health, and is now in the custody of a foster family.

Records indicate that Norwood is currently out on bond for a robbery case out of Fort Bend County. Court records say Katy police arrested her and another man, Jaylon Ward, robbed two victims of an iPhone on March 5. Records indicate Norwood was out on bond when she is accused of abandoning the child.

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He already knows he has an ain't shit mama.

 

[cubby]

She needed to give him to somebody since she's most likely going to jail for the robbery, it was better for him to sit all night on a porch than be in her custody.

 

[thuumpr]

The Maury Show on steroids...

Only 11 more houses to abandon the kid.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

She needed to give him to somebody since she's most likely going to jail for the robbery, it was better for him to sit all night on a porch than be in her custody.

I think it is not safe (since we see things here) to leave a child with someone who does not claim them/waiting on a paternity case.

This child is now in a foster home. So dad/his mom did not step or for this baby or possible were not suitable to care for this baby.

 

[cubby]

You're right. I was just thinking that sitting all night on a porch was comparatively better than being with her. But it's not a good thing for any child to be abandoned anywhere.

 

[Ellen Brody]

Poor baby must have been so scared.His eyes are so big and sad.

 

[GoneWest]

Almost every choice in the world is better than what she ended up doing, but in the end she didn’t kill him or damage him irreparably. For that I am grateful.