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Newborn girl found in Louisiana hospital parking lot, search on for mother

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Newborn girl found in Louisiana hospital parking lot, search on for mother
A full-term, newborn girl found in the grass outside a Louisiana hospital is doing well but police are searching for her mother.The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office said a woman told deputies she heard crying as she got into her car Tuesday night outside Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. She found the naked baby about 50 yards from the hospital's front door.Sheriff Tony Mancuso said in a news release Wednesday that once found, the mother will face child abandonment charges.He said she could legally have gone inside and given her daughter to a hospital employee without any questions asked. Louisiana's Safe Haven Law lets a parent turn a baby up to 60 days old over to a worker at a hospital, fire station or law enforcement agency.Keep up with local news, weather and current events with the WDSU app here. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news right in your inbox. Click here to sign up!

A full-term, newborn girl found in the grass outside a Louisiana hospital is doing well but police are searching for her mother.

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office said a woman told deputies she heard crying as she got into her car Tuesday night outside Lake Charles Memorial Hospital. She found the naked baby about 50 yards from the hospital's front door.

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Sheriff Tony Mancuso said in a news release Wednesday that once found, the mother will face child abandonment charges.

He said she could legally have gone inside and given her daughter to a hospital employee without any questions asked. Louisiana's Safe Haven Law lets a parent turn a baby up to 60 days old over to a worker at a hospital, fire station or law enforcement agency.

Keep up with local news, weather and current events with the WDSU app here. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news right in your inbox. Click here to sign up!