Body of newborn baby boy found behind Arizona strip mall, police turn to public for help
Paramedics declared the infant dead at the scene
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Authorities in Phoenix are asking the public for help in identifying the mother of a newborn found dead behind a strip mall last week.
Police officers were called Sept. 24 about an unresponsive infant around 1 p.m in a southwest part of the city. Paramedics later arrived and declared the baby boy dead at the scene.
Investigators were not sure if the child died at a different location and was later left behind the business. They were trying to locate and review surveillance footage from the area.
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Officials did not say whether the child had signs of trauma.
A man working in a nearby barbershop told KSAZ-TV that a couple came in to tell him to call 911 after they spotted the infant.
"She said, 'I have seen some baby in a truck.' I said, 'Where's the baby?' [She said] 'Over the back door.' I went around the back and I saw the baby there in the truck," the man told the news station.
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Arizona's Safe Baby Haven law allows a person to turn over an unharmed child within the first 72 hours after birth with a haven provider without facing criminal charges. Providers include hospitals, fire stations and child-welfare and adoption agencies.
Police encourage anyone with information or tips to call 480-WITNESS.