Investigators are trying to find the mother
of a baby found dead inside of a cooler at a Chicago Ridge recycling
center Wednesday morning.
An employee made the discovery at Resource
Management Company at about 4:30 a.m. The boy was wrapped in a blanket
with the umbilical cord attached, according to Chicago Ridge Fire Chief
Rob Pyznarski.
The cooler was picked up at a location in
either Waukegan, IL or Pleasant Prairie, WI, and investigators were in
the process of contacting authorities in those two cities.
An autopsy will be performed on the baby on Thursday.
Under Illinois’ Safe Haven law, parents are
allowed to relinquish custody of an unharmed newborn up to 30 days old
to personnel at a hospital, emergency medical care facility, police or
fire station.
Parents can give up their child anonymously and without the threat of prosecution for abandonment.
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