A newborn girl was found abandoned in front of a Bronx home — and cops are asking the public’s help finding the mother.
The infant, wrapped in blankets and placed in a reusable tote bag, was left in front of a brick house on Rev. James A. Polite Ave. near E. 167th St. about 6:05 a.m. Sunday, cops said.
A neighbor soon saw the bag and heard crying and police were notified.
“I didn’t want to mess up any evidence but it was too cold,” Mamadou Hafiz Jallow told PIX11. “I picked up the baby [and] put it inside the house where it was warm.”
Believed to be only about five days old, the girl was taken by medics to Jacobi Medical Center and is in stable condition. She was dumped just two doors down from a non-profit health services organization.
On Monday cops released surveillance footage of the woman they say abandoned the baby and asked the public’s help identifying her and tracking her down. She is seen wearing a surgical face mask and carrying a green tote bag as she walks down a rainswept sidewalk.
New York’s Abandoned Infant Protection Act allows people to anonymously abandon a baby up to 30 days old but only if the infant is left at a safe place like a hospital or firehouse and only if somebody is notified.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.