The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is trying to determine the identity and parents of a newborn girl found buried alive under pieces of asphalt and debris alongside a walking path in Compton, California.
Cops received a call for service from two sisters who were walking on a bike path and heard cries coming the side of the path.
Angelica Blount told told CBS Los Angeles that she was walking with her sister, Evangeline McCrary. "She told me, 'Can you hear the baby crying?' " Blount told the network. "And I said, 'I don’t know; it might be a cat.' And my sister said, 'No, it's a baby crying.' "
Cops heard a muffled cry when they arrived, and soon located the newborn girl, a sheriff's department statement said.
According to the statement, the baby was wrapped in a blanket and cold to the touch. She received treatment at the scene by the Compton Fire Department and was then transported to the hospital where she was listed in stable condition as of Saturday.
She is believed to have been born within 36 to 48 hours of Saturday.
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Cops received a call for service from two sisters who were walking on a bike path and heard cries coming the side of the path.
Angelica Blount told told CBS Los Angeles that she was walking with her sister, Evangeline McCrary. "She told me, 'Can you hear the baby crying?' " Blount told the network. "And I said, 'I don’t know; it might be a cat.' And my sister said, 'No, it's a baby crying.' "
Cops heard a muffled cry when they arrived, and soon located the newborn girl, a sheriff's department statement said.
According to the statement, the baby was wrapped in a blanket and cold to the touch. She received treatment at the scene by the Compton Fire Department and was then transported to the hospital where she was listed in stable condition as of Saturday.
She is believed to have been born within 36 to 48 hours of Saturday.
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