Vestal
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So adorable
How anyone would leave such a beautiful little thing in a trash bag at Walmart is beyond me. Seriously I question were humanity is headed when I read stories like this.
So adorable
I assume the US doesn't have these baby hatches? That's one way of anonymously putting your baby up for adoption in some countries. You open the door, put your baby in it, close the door, it locks, an alarm goes off for medics to retrieve the baby. Mothers that change their mind have a limited period to request custody with a DNA test.
I have mixed feelings about it because I suspect those that consider the option are more likely to attempt giving birth by themselves without any support and that seems like a risk nobody should take with 2 lives at stake. But I doubt there is a perfect solution for messed up situations leading to this.
How anyone would leave such a beautiful little thing in a trash bag at Walmart is beyond me. Seriously I question were humanity is headed when I read stories like this.
Leaving alone the gross ass people for a moment it's remarkable how attuned animals are to people in peril.
How come she has visible teeth at that early phase? And thank god everything went right.
How come she has visible teeth at that early phase? And thank god everything went right.
Maybe a highlight from the flash on her tongue or gums I would think.
Unless the baby was crying, it was probably the smell of blood and umbilical meat that drew the dog's attention.
At what point in this person's life (the baby) do you think it will stumble across this thread while looking for information/clues about its parents?
An abandoned infant's baby tooth may be the key to finding her parents.
Baby Chloe, discovered in a plastic Walmart bag just an hour after her birth with her umbilical cord still attached, has a rare early tooth that may help authorities flesh out the newborn's family history.
The natal tooth, seen in only one of every 2,000 infants, is the latest development in the hunt for Chloe's parents since a woman walking her dog discovered the baby outside an apartment complex in Cypress, Tex., on Feb. 19, ABC News reported.
Houston police have also turned to world-famous forensic sketch artist Lois Gibson to draw up composite sketches of what Chloe's mom and dad would probably look like.
Gibson, named "Most Successful Forensic Artist" by Guinness World Records, made the renderings by doing an age progression on Chloe's appearance.
The pastel drawings show a man and woman in their early 20s with several of Chloe's distinguishing features, like her gray eyes, her dark brown hair and her signature smile.
"The people would recognize that smile," Gibson told ABC's "Good Morning America." "It's a ready smile, and then all I had to do was put teeth."
This is reportedly the first time law enforcement officials have tried such a technique. But some forensic art experts have raised their eyebrows at the drawings' precision.
"I doubt [the sketches] are going to be accurate at all not even in the ballpark of likeness," Steve Loftin, head of the forensic imaging unit at the Center for Missing and Exploited Children, told ABC News.
"Trying to add years to a baby's face without any reference at all we could not do that and be sure of any accuracy," he said.
Gibson, who has never done an age progression on a child as young as Chloe, acknowledged that random factors, like weight gain, acne and dyed hair, could affect the renderings' exactness.
"It might just look half like one and half like the other," Gibson told the Houston Chronicle. "I think I have a 50 per cent chance of the sketches looking more like one than the other."
Authorities hope either Chloe's parents or other relatives come forward to claim the child. Determining the parents' identities has been especially difficult for authorities because it appears the mother never visited doctors for prenatal care.
Chloe's parents will face charges if found.
The tiny bundle of joy, named by her rescuers at Texas Children's Hospital, remains in the care of Child Protective Services. But there is no doubt she will soon "be placed in a loving home," Harris County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Christina Garza told ABC News.
"There is no shortage of people who want her."
Probably abandoned by a cat.
Possible sketch of the parents:
Thank glob for dogs a cat wouldn't have given a fuck. Fuck cats.
Parents are brother and sister?
Can we please ban people for shit like this?
Being born with a tooth or two is not unheard of. My cousin had a couple.
As for the baby, she is adorable, and I hope only the best for her. The public really needs to be informed about Safe Haven laws considering the replies in this thread.
Leaving alone the gross ass people for a moment it's remarkable how attuned animals are to people in peril.
Save money. Live better.
How anyone would leave such a beautiful little thing in a trash bag at Walmart is beyond me. Seriously I question were humanity is headed when I read stories like this.
Damn. I know it's wrong of me, but this upsets me more than the baby story. Depressing.The fuck man.....
At least someone didn't shoot the baby in the face with birdshot before it was put in the bag, like recently happened to this Texas dog.
http://www.examiner.com/article/texas-dog-found-shot-the-face-and-left-to-die-a-garbage-bag
He is doing better now, but will probably be blind...
The problem is that the kind of people who do this sort of thing aren't exactly the most educated amongst us, and are less likely to know what kind of help is available. But Jesus, just leaving it on the side of the road in a plastic bag? Lock 'em away forever. Makes me sick.I can't believe people don't know about the safe haven laws. There's a plaque on every fire station.
I can't believe people don't know about the safe haven laws. There's a plaque on every fire station.
How many times do you think the average person visits a fire station? I'm willing to bet it's somewhere in the neighborhood of none. Which is part of the problem, it's a good law, but there's nothing about it posted where people who may need the service visit (like AFS or doctors offices), at least here in OR. So when you have a panicking new mother who wants to hide the fact that she was pregnant for whatever reason, she doesn't know how to go about it and shit like this happens.
I assume the US doesn't have these baby hatches? That's one way of anonymously putting your baby up for adoption in some countries. You open the door, put your baby in it, close the door, it locks, an alarm goes off for medics to retrieve the baby. Mothers that change their mind have a limited period to request custody with a DNA test.
I have mixed feelings about it because I suspect those that consider the option are more likely to attempt giving birth by themselves without any support and that seems like a risk nobody should take with 2 lives at stake. But I doubt there is a perfect solution for messed up situations leading to this.
Is this really what the world is coming to? Baby abandoning hatches?
Leaving alone the gross ass people for a moment it's remarkable how attuned animals are to people in peril.
Is this really what the world is coming to? Baby abandoning hatches?
How many times do you think the average person visits a fire station? I'm willing to bet it's somewhere in the neighborhood of none. Which is part of the problem, it's a good law, but there's nothing about it posted where people who may need the service visit (like AFS or doctors offices), at least here in OR. So when you have a panicking new mother who wants to hide the fact that she was pregnant for whatever reason, she doesn't know how to go about it and shit like this happens.
How anyone would leave such a beautiful little thing in a trash bag at Walmart is beyond me. Seriously I question were humanity is headed when I read stories like this.