BABY 'DUMPED'
Mom ‘stuffs baby in a BAG with umbilical cord still attached and leaves newborn on stranger’s porch’
A 28-YEAR-old woman stuffed her newborn in a bag - with the umbilical cord still attached - and left the baby on a stranger's front porch, cops say.
It is alleged that Maria Piaz-Perez was seen leaving a package outside a home in Omaha, on Monday just before noon.
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“I wasn’t sure it was a baby, so I called the police," resident Vicente Cruz told TV station .
Paramedics opened the package and found the baby covered in blood, and the umbilical cord was still there.
“I wonder, 'Who did that at my house?' Cruz told WOWT.
"If I know the person, I would like to talk to them - there are many options."
He added that "we were afraid because it was a suspicious package, and it was moving."
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The infant was wrapped in a sweater, according to the TV station.
Cops would release surveillance video after the suspect "was seen getting into the passenger seat of what is believed to be a black 2 door Pontiac, possibly G5 model, with dark tinted windows."
Piaz-Perez was later taken into custody.
Cruz said he was watching TV with his wife when the bizarre set of events unfolded.
“When I realized it was a baby, it broke my heart," Cruz told the station.
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“Who did that? Why? What’s going on? What happened with the mom?
"I hope that she is OK and looking for help."
Piaz-Perez was booked for child abuse and abandonment.
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