An 18-year-old Idaho girl was arrested after she allegedly dropped a lifeless child in a Secure Haven Child Field at a hospital, based on police.
Angel N. Newberry was taken into custody on an arrest warrant for failing to report a dying to regulation enforcement officers and the coroner, Blackfoot Police mentioned. She was booked into the Bingham County Jail.
The Secure Haven Child Field permits dad and mom to securely and anonymously give up a new child underneath 30 days previous with out authorized repercussions, so long as the kid is unhurt. Leaving a harmed or deceased toddler, nonetheless, isn’t protected.
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Angel N. Newberry (Blackfoot Police)
Newberry’s arrest comes following an investigation that was launched after police responded on Oct. 13 to a report of a lifeless child left in a child field at Grove Creek Medical Middle.
Secure Haven Child Containers has mentioned hospital employees responded instantly to an alarm indicating a child was within the field and that the toddler had died lengthy earlier than being left inside.
“Grove Creek Medical Center staff responded immediately to the alarm, indicating a baby was in the box,” Secure Haven Child Containers wrote on Fb final month. “The medical team removed the infant from the bassinet within a minute. Upon removal, they quickly realized that the infant had passed away long before being placed in the baby box. The Safe Haven Law in Idaho allows for the surrender of an infant who is unharmed and healthy. Therefore, this was not a legal surrender under state law as it does not meet the criteria for Safe Haven surrender.”
Secure Haven Child Field (Secure Haven Child Containers)
The group’s founder, Monica Kelsey, mentioned: “We are heartbroken. Let this be clear: this is an illegal, deadly abandonment. Anonymity is only allowed when an infant is safely surrendered completely unharmed.”
When the child was positioned within the field, she was wrapped in a blanket with the placenta nonetheless hooked up, Kelsey famous.
Because of the delicate nature of the continuing investigation and the potential for additional felony prices, police mentioned they’re restricted within the data they will launch.
When the child was positioned within the field, she was wrapped in a blanket with the placenta nonetheless hooked up. (iStock)
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Blackfoot Police collaborated with Twin Falls Police on the investigation.
The newborn field at Grove Creek was put in place in July, making it the primary within the state the place dad and mom can give up newborns safely and anonymously, based on KIVI.
