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Texas deputies found a dead "full-term" newborn abandoned in a portable toilet in Houston Thursday afternoon, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
Workers called in the gruesome discovery around 11:30 a.m. on the 18000 block of Riverside Street in east Harris County, at a recreational swimming area along the San Jacinto River and near Highway 90, authorities said.
The portable toilet had last been emptied on Monday morning, HCSO Major Susan Cotter told local reporters in a televised news conference. A crew returned Thursday to empty it again and found the baby inside – with its umbilical cord still attached.
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Investigators later said they had identified the newborn as a Hispanic male child, according to FOX 26 Houston. Information on a possible suspect was not immediately available.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at 713-274-9100 or Crime Stoppers of Houston at 713-222-TIPS.
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Texas has a Safe Haven law that states parents who are unable to care for children under two months old can legally hand them over to an employee at designated safe locations, including hospitals and fire departments. Parents who do so will not be prosecuted, according to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
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