47 - Babies left in Unsafe Places Since 7/2000 11/3/2009     Orange             Baby - RAE Dead Mother accused of drowing newborn in toilet A 28 yr old Orlando mother was arrested Friday after being accused of drowning her newborn in a toilet last month. Police suspected Xavier-Valez drowned her daughter at her apartment near the Orlando Executive Airport. An autopsy determined that the 4 pound, 5ounce baby was born alive, though Xavier-Valez insisted she was stillborn. Xavier-Valez arrived at Florida Hospital Altamonte on Nov 3, 2009 with a dead infant inside a green drawstring backpack, according to an arrest warrant.       10/19/2009     Duval             Baby - DESIRE Alive Newborn found in trash can at Church. Police say a bystander spotted Woman leaving baby Monday night., 10/19/2009. Abandoned, but alive. Jacksonvile police is trying to find out who left a baby in a trash can at a church on the Southside Monday Night. Police said a bystander called them after seeing a woman abandon a baby in front of Greater Works Christian Ministries in the 9000 block of Beach Blvd. Officers said the newborn was alive and covered in blood. Police said the baby was taken to Baptist Hospital, but because of federal law, there is no more information available.       5/30/2009     Marion             Baby - MARTHA Alive Infant found abandoned in a box - The baby girl was taken to Munroe Regional for observation. A motorist reported finding an abandoned baby girl Saturday in a cardboarrd QVC box besidea dirt road in NW Ocala. Doctors determined the baby to be from 3 to 7 days old , was ant-bitten and hungry, but otherwise in good health.       12/29/2008     Santa Rosa             Baby - MILTON Dead A family dog made a grim discovery of a newborn body in thick woods behind a home on Clear Creek Rd in Milton on Monday. The dog, described as a Labrador mix, emerged at about 4P.M. with the body of the infant in Santa Rosa County. The Sheriff Office released little information, but asked the public to help to identify the baby or the baby's mother. The Sheriff spokesan would not speculate about how ;omg the infant had been in the woods. Nor would he estimate the age other than to say the baby appears to be full-term. If the child was left alive in the woods by the mother, it would be homicide.       11/3/2008     Bay             Baby - ENRIQUE Dead Woman suffocates and throws away her newborn in Bay County, Panama City, Florida Bay County Sheriff's, says that the mother of the newborn male baby suffocated her newborn and dumped the infant in a trash can early Sunday. The mother also has a 9 year old son and had undergone a previous abortion. The mother concealed the pregnancy from friends and relatives, had the baby in a bathroon at about midnight Saturday, killed him and threw him away. When mother is released from the Hospital, she will be charged with an open count of murder. The investigators asked the mother if she knew about the Law and she said "She contemplated that option, but decided to stick with her original plan".       9/29/2008     Miami-Dade             Baby - KENDALL Alive Newborn boy rescued from Miami-Dade trash bin Miami-Dade Fire Rescue pulled a newborn boy from a dumpster Monday night after a janitor taking out the trash heard the baby crying. The little boy was apparently only an hour old, with his umbilical cord still attached, said Fire Rescue spokesman Lt. Eddie Ballester. The Janitor , who cleans the offices where the baby was found, waved down a passing rescue truck to help the child. One of the Fire fighters jumped into the dumpster and retrieved the newborn. Ballester said that the child appeared to be healthy, but was taken to Baptist Hospital as a precaution. Ballester said that mothers who do not believe they can take care of their newborns can drop them off at any Fire Station in Florida with no questions asked.       9/9/2008     Miami-Dade             Baby - JESSICA Alive Cops find abandoned newborn under plants. Police found a newborn child - with an umbillical cord and placenta attached - early Tiesday morning abandoned underneath a plant in North Bay Village. Police Officers made the discovery after receiving a call from physicians at Jacksom Memorial Hospital, saying they were treating a woman who was bleeding excessively from her vagina. At 2:05AM, Officers were dispatched to 7917 West Dr. - the area where the woman had been picked up earlier by Fire-Rescue crews to search for a newborn. Officers found the baby girl tucked underneath a plant near a fence on the south side of the property where the mother was picked up. The baby appeared to be breathing and was wrapped in the uniforn shirt of the lady offcer. They rushed the baby to a nearby Fire station for medical attention. Fire Resuce then took her to Jackson Memorial Hospital. Emergency room doctors discovered a piece of a plant stuck in the infants throat, which they removed. The baby girl remains in serious condition. The mother is 18 years old.       6/14/2008     Broward             Baby - DESTINY Alive Woman Jailed for trying to "Dump" her baby Lauderdale lakes (CBS4) - A newborn baby girl is alive, thanks to the efforts of some peopls who literally grabbed her out of a garbage bag. Police say the baby's mother confessed to stuffing the newborn inside the bag along with garbage two weeks ago.       4/26/2008     Manatee             Baby - KIRK Alive A newborn baby boy was found abandoned in weeds up to a foot high Friday in Palmetto The baby, which police said was a few hours old, was found by a teenage boy and his father in the 600 blk of Haskos off US 301. Palmetto police spokesman Sgt. Scott Tyler said police were concerned abouth the health of the mother and questioning local businesses to see if anyone had seen a pregnant woman in the area. He said she likely gave birth in the weeds.       11/22/2007     Highlands             Baby - ALBAN Dead A 24 year old woman has admitted to putting her newborn baby boy in the trash. It has not been determined if the baby was alive at the time. This woman is married, her husband is out of the country and she became pregnant while he was away.       7/20/2007     Duval             Baby - ASHLEY Alive JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Police are calling her, "Baby Jane Doe." A newborn baby, found in a Southside dumpster. Witnesses say a woman taking out her trash at the Beachwood Apartments heard crying from inside a dumpster. She rushed to her neighbors for help. A neighbor said when she looked into the dumpster, she didn't hear anything, but then she saw movement on a pink patterned pillowcase. "I instantly grabbed the pillowcase out of the garbage, set it on the ground and from there I grabbed the baby out," said a neighbor. "Someone gave me a tee shirt and I grabbed the baby and I held it until the police arrived." Neighbor looked on. "The placenta and the umbilical cord were still attached and she was wrapped in a blanket and stuffed in a pillowcase inside the dumpster!"       7/8/2007     Broward             Baby - CYNTHIA Dead Mom jailed in baby's trash-can death BSO arrested a 22-year-old woman, charging her with murder, after the discovery of her newborn infant in a trash can, wrapped in a plastic garbage bag.       3/2/2007     Palm Beach             Baby - LUCIA Dead Baby buried in jar. Authorities were looking for the mother of a baby girl whose remains were found in a two-gallon pickle jar buried near a highway. A construction crew discovered the jar, the baby's umbilical cord was still attached.       11/22/2006     Palm Beach             Baby - GRACE Dead Newborns Girl's body found in concrete pile. Workers found the naked baby with her umbilical cord still attached on Tuesday morning in a mound of discarded concrete set for crushing at Run Recycling West of West Palm Beach.       9/15/2006     Miami-Dade             Baby - NELSON Dead A Cutler Bay Resident on Friday made a disturbing discovery: a dead newborn baby, with umbilical cord, found floating in a canal The newborn was floating in the canal. The little boy was dead, his umbilical cord and placenta still attached.       9/11/2006     Pasco             Baby - MIRIAM Dead Newborn Found in store garbage can at Target The body of an unclothed baby girl, just a few hours old, was found in a garbage can Monday in the women's employee bathroom at Target, according to the Pasco Sheriff's Office.       7/20/2006     Miami-Dade             Baby - NOAH Dead Murder suspect Hid pregnancy A native of Guatemala Maria Eugenia Pacheco came to homestead 3 month ago to earn money. Now she’s behind bars, accused of murdering her newborn baby.       5/9/2006     Polk             Baby - MAY ANGEL Dead Baby’s Body Discovered in Trash Bin Lakeland (The Ledger)– Tuesday afternoon, under the spreading branches of a tall oak tree, Polk County sheriff’s deputies picked through a trash bin that had become a newborn baby girl’s gravesite. No one knew whether she died there or somewhere else, or whether she was born alive or dead.       5/9/2006     Hillsborough             Baby - DEBORAH Dead Abandoned infant found dead in Tampa Fla. Tampa, Fla. (AP) - Police found a infant’s decomposing corpse on Tuesday night. The baby’s mother was charged Wednesday with child neglect. She told investigators she was intoxicated and high on cocaine when she delivered the baby girl in the alley, police said.       2/24/2006     Brevard             Baby - SAMUEL Dead TITUSVILLE -- A 20-year-old woman who told police she had wanted an abortion is facing charges that she watched her newborn son die and then dumped his body in the trash       10/28/2005     Pinellas             Baby - CHRISTOPHER Dead Baby boy was found in a trash bin at the Tyrone Square Mall St. Petersburg Times, Mother - 35 Years Old       9/26/2005     Highlands             Baby - ABRAHAM Alive Abandoned baby boy found outside of St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Sebring wrapped in a red towel and in a long sleeve undershirt with mittens. Highlands Today       1/24/2005     Palm Beach             Baby - ELIAS Dead Dead newborn found amid recycling trash West Palm Beach: A worker sorting trash found a dead newborn on a conveyor belt at the Palm Beach County recycling center, police said. Employees discovered the naked infant while separating metal and aluminum recyclables shortly after 9 p.m. Monday. There was no blanket, bag or other evidence found with the body that could help to identify him       10/31/2004     Monroe             Baby - VIVIANA Dead Newborn baby found in woman's bathroom hotel on Key West. The Herald- Key West - A dead newborn girl - placenta and umbilical cord still attached was found at women's bathroom garbage can at Hilton Resort.       6/3/2004     Hillsborough             Baby - CHARITY Dead Mom accused in newborn daughter's June death Tawnya Jo Hines, 25, gave birth in the bathroom and then placed the infant in the bathroom cabinet. She was charged with second-degree murder in the death of her minutes-old daughter, Angel.       4/8/2004     Orange             Baby - ROBIN Alive Newborn baby boy found outside Apopka Family Health Center Orlando Sentinel (Orange County) A bewborn boy, not more than a few hours old, was found near some bushes in front of a helath clicnic.       9/19/2003     Putnam             Baby - PETER Alive Baby Boy Found Outside Palatka Health Center First Coast News (Palatka). The newborn was discovered in a bundle of clothes outside a Palatka nursing home by a nursing supervisor.       8/19/2003     Volusia             Baby - NAOMI Alive Clues sought about newborn found on bench. Orlando Sentinel (Daytona Beach). The newborn girl was found on a bench outside a closed medical building.       8/17/2003     Lee             Baby - JOSE Alive Abandoned baby boy found at complex. News-Press (Fort Myers) A resident of the Regency Park found the Infant left at bottom of apartment stairs. "He was still bloody, and the umbilical cord was bleeding.       8/4/2003     Broward             Baby - PHILIP Alive Newborn baby boy left at front porch. The Miami Herald. (Near Fort Lauderdale) Mother - 22 years old.       7/31/2003     Miami-Dade             Baby - EDMUND Alive Infant found in bushes near beach The Miami Herald. (Bal Harbour Beach) Mother – 21 years old. A woman found a naked infant boy, alone and covered in blood with a ripped umbilical cord. He was lying on a small bed of grass.       5/31/2003     Palm Beach             Baby - REBECCA Dead Woman Arrested in Death of Newborn The Sun Sentinel (found in Boynton Beach) Mother – 22 years old, gave birth to a live baby girl in Boynton Beach home, wrapped her in a T-Shirt, shoved her in a plastic bag and hid her under the bathroom sink.       5/18/2003     Monroe             Baby - JANE Dead Dead Newborn Baby found by Key West Hotel Guard The Miami Herald (found in Monroe County). A security guard making rounds at the Raddison Hotel in Key West found a dead newborn baby at 6 a.m.. The baby girl, whom detective called "baby Jane", still had the umbilical cord and placenta attached when she was found.       5/14/2003     Brevard             Baby - ANGELICA Dead Infant’s body found in Melbourne Yard Orlando Sentinel (found in Brevard County) Mother - 15 years old - told the police she gave birth to a stillborn daughter and buried the infantin her backyard.       1/3/2003     Orange             Baby - BENJAMIN Dead Teen Finds Dead Infant in Boat Orlando Sentinel (found in Orange County) Mother – 16 years old - Said she found the body a newborn inside a boat at a vacant home in Pine Hills. The 7 pound baby boy was alive at birth.       9/4/2002     Collier             Baby - JULIA Alive Crying Newborn Found in Trash The Miami Herald (found in Immokalee) A newborn girl found covered with ants and crying in a garbage can was hospitalized Monday.       8/5/2002     Pinellas             Baby - DAMARIS Alive Neighbors Find Newborn Girl in Trash Bin       7/27/2002     Sumter             Baby - JUDITH Alive Abandoned Baby’s Parents Not Found Thestate.com (found in Sumter County) . Two boys were riding bikes near an overgrown vacant lot when they heard a baby crying. They found the ant-covered naked newborn lying in the lot. The infant was named Grace by Palmetto Health Richland Hospital nurses.       5/5/2002     Broward             Baby - JUSTIN Dead Shocker in Backpack: Dead Baby The Miami Herald (found in Miramar) When police arrived at a suburban Miramar home late Friday night, all they had was a grisly tip. Hours later, they had unearthed a dead baby, buried inside a black backpack under 18 inches of dirt and sod.       3/28/2002     Seminole             Baby - AARON Alive Police: Teen Leaves Baby at Restaurant NewsChannell2000.com (found in Sanford) Mother – Seminole High School Student- The infant was only about 20 minutes old when it was discovered in front a restaurant.       2/6/2002     Indian River             Baby - VERONICA Dead A week old baby girl found drowned in a ditch in Vero Beach On February 6, 2002 a week old baby girl was found drowned in a ditch in Vero Beach. Authorities name her "Hope" - She was buried in Crest lawn Cemetery - Florida Today Newspaper       5/22/2001     Miami-Dade             Baby - MAY MARIA Dead Infant Found Dead in Duffel bag in Broward Died head trauma. The Miami Herald (found in Golden Beach) the body of the baby girl was found in Hallandale Beach by a passing cyclist.       4/20/2001     Miami-Dade             Baby - APRIL Dead Workers Find Newborn Baby Girl in Garbage The Miami Herald (found in Key Biscayne) A newborn girl discovered in a garbage bin at a Key Biscayne condominium died as a result of blunt trauma.       4/4/2001     Broward             Baby - GABRIEL Dead Boy Finds Dead Baby in Backpack in Canal Aimee Lee Weiss, a Tamarac, Florida, teenager (17 yrs old) faces charges that she killed her newborn son, put his body in a backpack, and dumped the body in a canal       11/18/2000     Miami-Dade             Baby - PATRICK Dead Teen Mom Puts Newborn in Trash, Mother – 16 years old The Miami Herald (found in Homestead) A teenage girl in Homestead gave birth to a baby boy Friday morning after months of trying to hide her pregnancy, then dumped the infant in a neighbor's trash can, police said.       11/1/2000     Polk             Baby - EVAN Alive Woman left her newborn boy under a tree near the emergency room of the Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center.       7/11/2000     Orange             Baby - MARCUS Alive ABANDONED NEWBORN HEALTHY AFTER BEING FOUND IN HOTEL GARAGE The Miami Herald (found in Orlando) A newborn boy appeared to be in good health after he was found Monday wrapped in towels and stuffed in a laundry bag inside a hotel parking garage. A construction worker found the baby inside the garage at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel.