Your current location:HOME >health >Dead infant found at Florida university campus; police investigating 正文
TIME:2024-05-21 15:33:24 Source: Internet compilationEdit:health
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A newborn infant was abandoned in a garbage bin and found dead on a Florida unive
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A newborn infant was abandoned in a garbage bin and found dead on a Florida university campus, police said Monday.
The Tampa Police Department said in a news release an investigation was launched to determine what happened. The infant was found Sunday night at the University of Tampa, which is adjacent to downtown.
The baby was wrapped in a towel and placed in the garbage bin, police said. The mother was found as well and taken to a hospital. Her name and the circumstances of the abandoned baby were not immediately available.
“The loss of a child is always a tragedy,” said Tampa Police Chief Lee Bercaw, who noted that Florida has a “Safe Haven Law” where anyone can surrender a newborn baby seven days old or younger at a fire station, emergency medical facility or a hospital with no questions asked.
“As our department actively investigates this incident, we want all expectant mothers to know there are resources available,” Bercaw said.
The university sent a text alert at 11:41 p.m. Sunday about the investigation, which centered on the McKay Hall dorm building area. That dorm houses about 160 students, according to the university website.
“There is no danger to the University community,” the alert said.
Shohei Ohtani's first walk2024-05-21 15:14
China issues punishments over 'ugly' childrens' books2024-05-21 14:39
China sanctions 2 US defense companies and says they support arms sales to Taiwan2024-05-21 14:29
Wellington council 'excluded' from information about ageing rail network, chair says2024-05-21 14:22
Inquiry slams UK authorities for failures that killed thousands in infected blood scandal2024-05-21 14:16
Russian missiles pound Ukraine's embattled energy system2024-05-21 14:03
VOX POPULI: Journalist Anna Politkovskaya fearlessly called out injustices2024-05-21 13:28
Russia Ukraine: China President Xi Jinping welcomed by Vladimir Putin to Kremlin2024-05-21 13:19
Shooting injures 2 at Missouri high school graduation ceremony2024-05-21 13:12
Baltimore residents question robustness of cargo ship that struck bridge2024-05-21 12:49
Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo2024-05-21 15:32
Petrobras to install 11 new pre2024-05-21 15:24
Allegations of fraud at an LAUSD school: Are you paying for students who aren't there?2024-05-21 15:10
US sends two warships through Taiwan Strait in first transit since Pelosi trip2024-05-21 14:56
Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo2024-05-21 14:32
VOX POPULI: Remembering the psychologist who changed the face of economics2024-05-21 14:20
Father's incredible journey through three continents to escape China's zero2024-05-21 14:08
Kate's cancer the latest bombshell in royal family's year of woe2024-05-21 14:06
Revealed: Brit tourist, 19, subjected to sex attack in Majorca 'was gang2024-05-21 13:55
VOX POPULI: Tsuruga pins hopes on revival as ‘railway town’ with Shinkansen2024-05-21 13:45