The 20-year-old
mother is thought to have been uncertain about who the child’s father was and
decided to abandon it because she did not have a stable income.
The abandoned
pink plastic bag was reportedly spotted in Wangjiaoqiao village, south-west
China, by locals who were shocked to find the newborn inside.
The child,
whose gender was not reported, was rushed to hospital by police for emergency
treatment. It is not clear when the incident happened.
But doctors
could not save the baby’s life despite four hours of desperate attempts to
revive the tot.
Investigators
who watched surveillance footage from the village discovered that the child was
carried across town by a woman wearing a red coat and black trousers who later
discarded the bag a distance from her home in a random spot.
After police
located her home and arrested her, she reportedly confessed to abandoning the
child just two hours after giving birth.
But
she gave no clear reason behind her actions, refusing or not knowing how to
answer questions regarding the infant’s father.
It is not yet
known whether the child died before or after being abandoned and left exposed
to the elements.
If found to
have murdered her baby before discarding it, Wang will be subject to further
charges on top of those she currently faces.
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