She had been alive for barely eight hours, and they had already left her to die.
A resident of Vegachí, in Northeast Antioquia, heard crying coming from a vacant lot in the Puente Guarapo sector in the early hours of August 27. Without hesitation, they notified the Police. When the officers arrived, they found the baby inside a plastic bag, with part of her umbilical cord still attached. A neighbor, without anyone asking her to, came out with a blanket to wrap her in while they arranged the transfer.
The girl was taken to San Camilo de Lelis Hospital, where she was stabilized and placed under pediatric observation. The Family Commissioner’s Office, the Municipal Ombudsman’s Office, and the Childhood and Adolescence Police have already activated protocols to protect her. Security cameras in the area recorded a young woman walking near the lot, and the authorities are investigating her as the possible person responsible for leaving the baby to die alone. What drives someone to abandon a newborn in a garbage bag?
