The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) published this Wednesday a sketch of a person they want to interview by the A newborn baby was abandoned last week in Lynwood .
A passerby rescued the baby from a garbage can in the public women’s restroom in Yvonne Burke-John D. Ham Park in the aforementioned Los Angeles county city around eight in the morning on Friday, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. The baby was transferred to a hospital in the area and, according to the latest information made public, is in stable condition .
It is believed that the newborn was one or two days old when he was found abandoned, although the sheriff’s statement also explains that he could have been born earlier on the same Friday.
The authorities still have not been able to identify the child or his parents . Now they are asking for citizen help to locate a person they have identified as “of interest” and whom they want to question. To do this, LASD published a special bulletin with three grainy photos and the sketch of the face of the “person of interest.”
Anyone who recognizes the person or has information about the case can call the information line of the Office of Special Victims of the department at the phone number 877 – 710 – 5273 or send an email to specialvictimsbureau@lasd.org. If the informant wants to remain anonymous, he can leave the information through Crime Soppers on the phone 800 – 222 – 8477 or on the website .
The Sheriff’s office reminds families who find themselves in difficult situations that prevent them from caring for their newborns that they can deliver them – legally and safely and without explanation – at any Los Angeles County hospital or fire station , thanks to the state law on the delivery of babies.