New York resident Chen Ling got an unlikely surprise when she took out her trash Saturday afternoon. On her way to the garbage drop, Ling discovered an abandoned baby boy lying in the lobby of her Brooklyn apartment. The infant, estimated to be between 2 and 3 months old, was nestled in a car seat ... read more »

A homeless couple sleeping in a tent in downtown Los Angeles, California were awoken in the middle of the night Tuesday, when a woman came by trying to frantically enter their tent. The woman was carrying a baby boy who looked to be about 6 months old. The woman in the tent, named Kass, told ... read more »

Authorities in Denton, Texas are looking for information about an infant that was found in a car seat in the middle of the road. A woman told police she found a male infant between 3 and 4 months old in a car seat in the intersection of Audra and Nottingham at about 8 p.m. on ... read more »

Sure, they have a gigantic salad bar and all, but we don’t recommend Ruby Tuesday as an appropriate place to abandon your child. According to police, employees of the restaurant at 50 Shunpike Road called police after they found the infant alone in a booth in the dining area. Police eventually were able to locate ... read more »

Couldn’t this “mother” have walked a few more steps and brought the infant inside? Colorado has a “safe haven” law, where you can surrender your to a hospital or fire station within 72 hours of birth without prosecution. Denver Police were looking for the person Wednesday who left a newborn girl in a basket outside ... read more »

What’s an obvious sign of mothering detachment? How about using your baby as a human barricade at a crime scene?: GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) _ Two suspected shoplifters abandoned a baby boy at a discount store when approached by a security guard, police said Monday. “They pushed the baby carriage toward the security guard and fled,” ... read more »