Category: baby abandoned

Newborn With Umbilical Cord Attached Found Dead in South El Monte Park

SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif.—Authorities April 29 were still searching for a woman who abandoned a newborn child found dead with his umbilical cord attached in the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area. Homicide detectives were sent to the 1200 block of Lerma Road at about 8 a.m. Friday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff’s…


Chinese Couple Finds Way To ‘Adopt’ a Black Market Baby

Buying and selling babies is illegal in China. However, some have found ways to evade detection. According to a September report from The Paper, a Chinese state-owned digital newspaper, a couple in China successfully registered a baby that they bought, through illegal channels, by claiming that the baby had been “abandoned.” Zhang Xing and Liu…