Newborn found on side of road

[Marina-Del 10]

Abandoned Newborn Found Inside Box

Search Under Way For Parents Of Child Abandoned In Ocala

A driver finds a newborn in a cardboard box on the side of an Ocala road.

OCALA, Fla. -- A search is under way for the parents of a newborn who was found when a driver in Ocala spotted the infant's hand sticking out of a box that was left on the side of an isolated dirt road.

The driver made the discovery Saturday evening at the intersection of Northwest 17th Street and Northwest 24th Avenue in Ocala. The newborn was found in a QVC cardboard box, along with a blanket, an article of clothing and a diaper.

Paramedics said the girl, who is about 3 to 7 days old, appeared to be in good health. Ocala police said the child may have been abandoned the night before being found.

The child has been placed in the custody of the Department of Children and Families.

"It's terrible that someone would do that. I would rather them drop (the baby) on my doorstep than to do that. Take (the child) somewhere safe. They say ants had got on (the infant)," said Lois Dowdy, who lives near the location where the child was found.

"It's very sad. It's very dangerous. There are snakes out here," said Florastine Lee, who also lives nearby. "A lot of dangerous animals come out at night that could have eaten up that child, and that child did not ask to come into the world."

"I really don't understand why somebody would do something like that to a child," said Ernest Cox, who lives nearby.

Ocala police were searching for a woman driving a gray pickup with a white topper who was seen in the area on Friday at about 7:30 p.m.

"I hope they find the parents and get things resolved," Dowdy said.

"I think that child deserved better than what that mother did," Florastine said.

State law allows for an unwanted newborn to be left at a hospital, fire station or other emergency medical service station without it being considered child neglect.

Edited June 1, 2009 by Marina-Del

[tallcoolone 102]

Think of how many newborns get thrown in the dumpster and never found.......

[Rob&Dawn 1]

doesn't bear thinking about what some people think when they abandon a child.

[Ban Hammer 14,164]

Think of how many newborns get thrown in the dumpster and never found.......

i'd rather not.

[almaty 19]

terrible and just wrong

[Marina-Del 10]

I just can't understand why someone would leave a baby where it is unlikely that someone would find it! Like the article says, you can leave babies at hospitals, police stations, ect and no one thinks bad of you (or even knows it was you who left it there other than the one nurse you handed it too!).

At least leave it on someones doorstep or something! Geez.....

[Nagishkaw 510]

It's a throw-away society.

[TimandJoyce 1]

That is just so sad. If you don't want your child, take it somewhere safe!! The police...anything. So so sad when this happens. I'm glad she was found. She'll be loved now.

[mawilson 2,133]

What, another one?

[scandal 951]

What, another one?

Yeah, didn't we just do this thread a couple of weeks ago?

C'mon people, Groundhog Day was in February, this is already June. How about some fresh material?

Maybe babies ground up into fertilizer in a pigsh1t factory in Iowa?

[Marina-Del 10]

What, another one?

Yeah, didn't we just do this thread a couple of weeks ago?

C'mon people, Groundhog Day was in February, this is already June. How about some fresh material?

Maybe babies ground up into fertilizer in a pigsh1t factory in Iowa?

The article I posted was from yesterday

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/19618358/detail.html

[Niels Bohr 72]

Most like another teen pregnancy problem. I would never dump a baby with its stubby fingers, and chubby cheeks on the streets. Such adorable things.