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| Police urge mother of baby abandoned on New South Wales doorstep to come forward | |
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| The search continues for a teenage mother who couldn’t look after her “beautiful” three-day-old boy so left him on the doorstep of a New South Wales home. | The search continues for a teenage mother who couldn’t look after her “beautiful” three-day-old boy so left him on the doorstep of a New South Wales home. |
| Residents discovered the newborn in a pink bassinet outside their front door in the Riverina town of Griffith just before midnight on Sunday after answering the doorbell. | Residents discovered the newborn in a pink bassinet outside their front door in the Riverina town of Griffith just before midnight on Sunday after answering the doorbell. |
| They say the “cute, chubby” baby’s young mother left a heartbreaking note by his side, asking the couple to care for him. | They say the “cute, chubby” baby’s young mother left a heartbreaking note by his side, asking the couple to care for him. |
| “Please look after him, he is beautiful and I cannot look after him because I am only 14 years old ... my parents will kill me,” the note read, they told the Seven Network. | “Please look after him, he is beautiful and I cannot look after him because I am only 14 years old ... my parents will kill me,” the note read, they told the Seven Network. |
| Health authorities say the baby boy, believed to have been born on Friday, is healthy and well. | Health authorities say the baby boy, believed to have been born on Friday, is healthy and well. |
| Police are concerned for his young mother’s welfare and are urging her to come forward. | Police are concerned for his young mother’s welfare and are urging her to come forward. |
| “She’s not in any trouble whatsoever,” Superintendent Michael Rowan told reporters on Monday. “There must be a reason why this has taken place and we would like to assist her or members of her family and get to the bottom of it.” | “She’s not in any trouble whatsoever,” Superintendent Michael Rowan told reporters on Monday. “There must be a reason why this has taken place and we would like to assist her or members of her family and get to the bottom of it.” |
| The Department of Family and Community Services says the mother can come forward at any time. | The Department of Family and Community Services says the mother can come forward at any time. |
| “Even if the mother is not able to care for the baby herself, she can be involved in decisions about the care of her baby,” a spokeswoman said. | “Even if the mother is not able to care for the baby herself, she can be involved in decisions about the care of her baby,” a spokeswoman said. |
| The incident has reignited public debate about introducing “drop-off boxes” at NSW hospitals to allow mothers to anonymously leave unwanted infants. | The incident has reignited public debate about introducing “drop-off boxes” at NSW hospitals to allow mothers to anonymously leave unwanted infants. |