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Baby Found In South Side Alley
Man Finds Infant In Pile Of Tires
(CBS) CHICAGO
By Rafael Romo

Posted on Jul 13, 2005 5:03 pm

A man found the infant in a pile of tires in an alley just after midnight
 A 2-month-old baby boy found abandoned on the city's South Side is said to be in good condition this afternoon. A man found the infant in a pile of tires in an alley just after midnight.
CBS 2's Rafael Romo has more on how police are trying to identify the baby and his mom.

On the alley's pavement there was a bottle and, in the middle of some used tires, Rafael Cunningham found the baby. It was ten minutes after midnight.

"I heard a noise", he said. "I thought it was a cat, so I walked to see what it was, and it was a baby with his socks on, and his pampers, and a dirty shirt."

Linda Cook says she wrapped the baby in a towel. The baby looked fine, but the Englewood resident noticed he wasn't happy. "Yeah, he was crying," she said. "When I got him from the boy he was crying, but when I got him he stopped crying.

Police arrived minutes later followed by the paramedics who checked the baby's vital signs in an ambulance. He appeared just fine, but he was still taken to Holy Cross Hospital for further observation. He was released later in the morning to the Department of Children and Family Services.

Diane Jackson of DCFS said, "We ensured that the baby was considered to be in good health. He was discharged from the hospital and at this time the baby is in DCFS custody and at this point his location is at one of our shelters."

"A shame. It's disgusting! Whoever did it needs to be... I don't know, but it makes no sense," Sonja Williams said. The baby was found just two blocks away from her apartment.

The mother of four says it's unconceivable that anybody would abandon a baby in an alley where he could have faced all kinds of dangers. "They gave these people options that don't want kids. But she chose the wrong option of sitting in the alley. I mean, it's crazy!

A DCFS spokeswoman says the agency is investigating how the baby ended up in the alley. If no relatives come forward in the next day or two, it will begin the process to make the boy available for adoption.

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