CANADA Infant abandoned on Halifax lawn, LE seek parents 29 October 2017

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/infant-abandoned-quinpool-1.4377944

Police and staff with the Nova Scotia Department of Community Services are investigating after a four- or five-week-old infant was found abandoned in Halifax on Sunday afternoon.

Police were called between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to the 6200 block of Quinpool Road, an often-busy stretch of road home to a number of restaurants and businesses.

Police spokesperson Const. Dianne Penfound said the baby girl was found behind a building on Quinpool on a grassy area near a back step. She was wearing a diaper and wrapped in a blanket.

The baby was taken to the IWK Health Centre and police say doctors have determined she is healthy.

Police appeal for witnesses, video surveillance

As police could not identify the child or her parents, she's been taken into provincial custody. Police are asking for help as they investigate, appealing for video surveillance or witnesses who may have been in the area at the time.
"The baby is in safe hands now but we want to find out how she came to be where she was and make sure other parties involved are OK as well," said Penfound.

[h=2]Location was close to hospital[/h]

"We're able to temporarily take responsibility for that child up to 72 hours," said Wendy Bungay, director of placement services for the Community Services Department.

"Over that 72 hours, the goal is to try and locate the child's parents or a member of the child's family or extended family and to investigate what the circumstances were resulting in that child being abandoned."

After 72 hours have passed, family services must begin making longer-term plans for the child.

She also commented on how rare child abandonment is in Nova Scotia.

"I can honestly say that in my entire career with child welfare — which is almost three decades — I can only think of one other circumstance, in the 90s, when something similar may have occurred."

 

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https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-n...y-girl-found-abandoned-on-halifax-lawn-752376

[h=1]Four-week-old baby girl found abandoned on Halifax lawn[/h] The infant was wearing a diaper and wrapped in a towel

Hospital staff and police could not identify the child, and do not know who the parents are.

Police say the baby is African Canadian.

 

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Nov 1 2017
http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/...ue-search-for-mystery-infants-parents-158487/

HALIFAX _ Two days after a healthy baby was found abandoned behind a shop on a busy Halifax street, many questions remain about who the child is and how such a thing could happen.

Experts say such cases are extremely rare in Canada. But when it does happen, there can be a multitude of reasons for a parent to give up a child in such a public manner, said Elisa Romano, a psychology professor at the University of Ottawa.

Among other things, the child's mother or father may have mental challenges, or they could be dealing with cultural or religious rules that take a dim view of adoption or abortion.

``We can guess that this mom must have been in a lot of distress and must have been feeling quite desperate to give up her baby in such a manner,'' said Romano, who has focused some of her studies on child maltreatment. ``She could have been overwhelmed at the prospect of caring for a child.''

As well, the parents could be young and without family support, but Romano said it's impossible to draw any conclusions, given the limited information provided by police since the baby was discovered on Sunday.

Investigators continued their search for the child's parents Tuesday. Spokeswoman Const. Dianne Penfound said police are interviewing potential witnesses and seeking surveillance video in the 6000 block of Quinpool Road, which is lined with smaller retail outlets and restaurants.

 

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31 Oct 2018 One year later, case of abandoned baby in Halifax remains unsolved - Halifax | Globalnews.ca

One year later, case of abandoned baby in Halifax remains unsolved

 

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31 Oct 2018 One year later, case of abandoned baby in Halifax remains unsolved - Halifax | Globalnews.ca

One year later, case of abandoned baby in Halifax remains unsolved

Thank you for bumping, wish i could find an update, meanwhile wondering if there is a slight chance that this abandoned child could be related in any way, with a deceased child found in a Toronto dumpster?

CANADA - Canada - Rosedale, Toronto, BlkFem (Afr mix), 4-7, in constr dumpster, PMI sum/fall'21, 2 May 2022

@iamshadow21 Just wanted to clarify, we were discussing the fingerprints of the victims potential family, not her own prints. Good point though, there might not have been much to take a print. However there is enough to make an ID. LE stated they believe the body had been kept somewhere else...

www.websleuths.com

 

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2017 rbbm.

Halifax police investigating after baby girl abandoned on Quinpool Road

The Department of Community Services is trying to identify a baby girl found abandoned in Halifax on the weekend.

atlantic.ctvnews.ca

''Halifax Regional Police responded to a report of an infant found in the 6200 block of Quinpool Road before 5 p.m. Sunday.

Police say a passerby called 911 after spotting the baby around the back of a building. The baby was wearing a diaper and wrapped in a blanket.

She was taken to the IWK Health Centre, where she was examined and deemed healthy.''
''The baby is described as being of African-Canadian descent and roughly four to five weeks old.

Halifax Regional Police are investigating after a baby was found abandoned around the back of this building in the 6200 block of Quinpool Road.

Halifax Regional Police are investigating after a baby girl was found abandoned on Quinpool Road.