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Dumped baby wrapped in curtain
29/01/2008 10:03 - (SA)
Durban - Police are searching for a woman who wrapped her newborn baby girl in a curtain and then left her outside a Durban home early on Tuesday morning, police said.
Captain Khephu Ndlovu said the baby was found outside a home in Umlazi's F Section, south of Durban.
The 70-year-woman of the home heard cries at around 05:00 and upon inspection found the baby lying outside her bedroom window.
"The baby survived and is a few hours old," said Ndlovu.
"We are at the scene and are going to take the baby to the clinic for medical attention and then search for the mother," he said.
Police have opened a case of child abandonment.
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