Daily Independent (Ashland, KY)

June 27, 2009

Mail carrier finds baby on front porch


COLUMBUS, Ohio — Authorities say a postal carrier has found a newborn baby girl with her umbilical cord still attached at an abandoned home.

Officials say the baby appeared to be several hours old and was wrapped in a plastic bag on the front porch. The baby was found Saturday morning at a house on the east side of Columbus.

The Whitehall Fire Department took the infant, who was in stable condition, to a nearby hospital.