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13/3/2023
A 25-year-old California mother was arrested and charged with attempted murder and child abuse Friday following a newborn was found abandoned in a trash can outside Los Angeles.
Vanissa Maldonado was taken into custody following the “tragic call for service” Thursday followingnoon along W. Orangethorpe Ave., the Fullerton Police Department said.
“Maldonado is the mother of the child,” a Fullerton Police Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital. The reason for the incident is unknown, he added.
“Once officers arrived on scene, they located a newborn inside a trash can that was inside the bathroom,” the Fullerton Police Department said. “Officers immediately began taking action to save his life.”
The Fullerton Fire Department arrived on the scene and transported the newborn to a local hospital for further medical attention. The boy was described by police on Thursday as being in “critical but stable condition.”
Investigators said they tracked down Maldonado following reviewing surveillance footage and vehicle information. As of now, the incident remains under investigation.
“Just another reminder that the Safe Surrender of Babies Act became permanent state law in January of 2006,” Fullerton police said. “The intent of the law is to save the lives of newborns at risk of abandonment by encouraging the parents or person with legal custody to give up the baby safely within 72 hours of birth, no questions asked,” they said.
A Texas mother was arrested for abandoning her two young children for weeks
In other developments, a Texas woman accused of abandoning her two young children for weeks in Houston was arrested in southern Alabama on Wednesday.
The Roman Forest Police Department in Texas said Raven Yates was found at an apartment complex in Mobile, Alabama, around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday following the North Coast Violent Offender Fugitive Task Force Gulf from the US Marshals to receive information regarding your location.
According to a November 2022 report from FOX 26 Houston, authorities said a concerned parent contacted police to report that her 12-year-old daughter and 3-year-old brother had been home alone since September 28 without constant access to food. or medical supplies.
The 12-year-old’s father learned that both boys were home alone following his former mother-in-law told him Yates was in Mobile without his children.
Immediately, he flew to Texas from California, where he had been working at the time.
The children had been alone from September 28 to November 14 before he arrived in Texas. They were also not registered with the school, he revealed. FOX 26.
When the story was first reported last fall, police described Yates as “very active” on social media. She was reportedly making posts regarding the situation, which resulted in plenty of tips and leads.
Finally, an arrest warrant was issued for her on December 8.
the reporter of FOX 26, Sherman Desselle, was able to contact Yates through her Instagram page Wednesday shortly before she was arrested, and made several claims regarding her ex-husband, including that he was “trying to kill her.”
Yates told Desselle that she “hired a nanny for the children while she was away and that she had to take care of their father, who was dying.”
The woman also claimed that her 12-year-old daughter had access to “thousands of dollars to make and buy anything.”
Roman Forest police said Yates is charged with two counts of abandonment and endangerment of a minor without intent to return.
As of now, he is in the custody of the Mobile Police Department pending extradition to Montgomery County, Texas. The two children are safe with a relative in Alabama.
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