CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities in Cleveland are still
searching for a woman who abandoned a 1-year-old boy and 3-week-old girl
at a Salvation Army homeless shelter this week.
Police say the
woman went to the shelter around 2 a.m. Monday with the children and
asked for a room for the night. The next morning, the woman was gone,
and the two children were left behind.
The children, who haven’t been identified yet, were taken to a hospital for evaluation and released to
child welfare workers.
It’s not clear if the woman will face charges when she’s found.
Ohio’s
Safe Havens for Newborns law allows mother to drop off infants at
hospitals, fire departments and other emergency locations.
Since 2009, 29 babies have been left under the law.
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