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Child Abandoned

Report of young girl found on West Side unfounded, CPD says

  • Apr 14

4-year-old left in cold after South Side school bus drop-off: Parent

  • Jan 22

Mother of baby abandoned at NYC subway found and arrested

  • Oct 22, 2025

Video released of person who left newborn girl at subway station

  • Oct 21, 2025

Michigan mother arrested for allegedly abandoning children for years

  • Feb 20, 2025

Baby found abandoned in street on Christmas morning; parents arrested

  • Dec 26, 2024

Mother who kept baby hidden in drawer for three years jailed

  • Nov 27, 2024

Mom arrested for abandoning boy on road, faking kidnapping: police

  • Nov 14, 2024

Latest Videos

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Michigan mother arrested for allegedly abandoning children for years

  • Feb 18, 2025
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Abandoned baby found on West Side: CPD

  • Sep 27, 2023
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Abandoned baby found on West Side: CPD

  • Sep 26, 2023
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'Baby Grace,' Chicago Safe Haven advocate Morgan Hill dies after losing battle with epilepsy: family

  • Feb 12, 2023
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Chicago Safe Haven advocate Morgan Hill dies of sudden illness at 27

  • Feb 12, 2023
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IN woman accused of abandoning son, 5, with autism in Ohio

  • Feb 21, 2022
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Woman, 18, charged after reportedly throwing baby in dumpster | Video

  • Jan 10, 2022
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CPD questioning person of interest after baby found in dresser

  • Aug 13, 2021

Latest Stories

Mom charged after girl dies after being abandoned near Texas Gulf Coast

The 17-month-old girl died from traumatic injuries believed to have been inflicted by her mother.

  • Oct 24, 2024

Judge takes 20 minutes to convict man in 8-year-old's 'horrific' beating death from 2020

Kendrick Lee was beaten to death and his body was left to decompose for nearly a year in a bedroom of a Texas apartment, where the boy's brothers lived alone. Now, the man responsible will spend life in prison.

  • Apr 16, 2024

Mom left her 6- and 8-year-old kids home alone to go on a cruise, records state

Court paperwork stated that neighbors sounded the alarm, leading deputies to find the children in an apartment unit with scattered leftover food and a urine smell.

  • Apr 14, 2024

Pennsylvania police search for alleged shoplifters who left baby at Walmart

Philadelphia police are still looking for the suspects accused of leaving an infant inside a Walmart after they were caught shoplifting.

  • Jan 24, 2024
Polk County Sheriff's Office

Couple adopts baby left abandoned on side of road as a newborn

A couple in Florida will celebrate the holidays as a family of three after adopting a baby who was left abandoned on the side of the road as a newborn.

  • Dec 4, 2023