Dog Finds Abandoned Newborn, WA
Source: MyFox.com, June 13, 2009
A newborn baby owes his life to a Wheaton, Ill., man and his nosy dog.
Joe Logan went out to get the morning paper Friday when his mixed-breed dog named Redbelly would not shut up. “I heard a little whimper, a tiny whimper,” Logan said, and when he followed Redbelly the dog led him to a shivering naked infant, umbilical cord still attached.
“He looked like a newborn,” Logan said. “He was very dirty, twigs and leaves around him, it was overwhelming.”
Police think the baby had spent the night in the cold and rain, and he was taken to the Central DuPage Hospital in critical condition. Within hours his mother would join him there. Police searched the apartment complex immediately adjacent to Logan’s home and found a 24-year-old woman who had given birth without the benefit of medical care. Neighbors said police removed several bags of evidence from the apartment.
The suspected mother is reportedly a recent immigrant from Myanmar. She now faces felony charges. Police said under Illinois’ safe haven law, she could have just dropped off the child at any police station, firehouse or hospital and criminal charges would not be filed.
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