LOPEZ, Quezon -- A one-day-old baby boy with still uncut umbilical cord and placed in a garbage bag was found by a resident here on Wednesday morning, Nov. 16, in Barangay Gomez in this town.
Lopez police said that the baby was found by Rosa Fe Ausa, 32, a resident of the same barangay. She found the baby at around 6:20 a.m.
Ausa told the police that she heard a crying baby not so far away, prompting her to search the place.
Ausa found the baby placed in a garbage bag, with the umbilical cord still uncut. She immediately brought the baby to Magsaysay District Hospital for medical examinations.
Police conducted an investigation and reviewed the closed circuit television footage for possible identity of the mother and coordinated with the Municipal Social Welfare Development Office.