A man who is dedicated to recycling work alerted to the discovery of the minor’s body.
At dawn on Wednesday 24 a newborn was found on one of the sidewalks of the Santiaguito de Roldós cooperative, in the south of Guayaquil.
A man who is dedicated to recycling work alerted to the discovery of the minor’s body in a blanket.
After the alert, police officers arrived at the site and confirmed that the baby’s body no longer had vital signs.
In a Legal Medicine vehicle, he was taken to the Forensic Sciences and Criminalistics Laboratory for the law autopsy.
Investigative Police personnel review the security cameras in the area to identify those who left the body in the area.
On October 29, another newborn, still with the umbilical cord, was abandoned on 26th and Q streets, in the suburb.
Almost a week later, a teenager identified herself as the mother of the newborn who was admitted to the Francisco de Icaza Bustamante hospital.
ECU911 counts 230 calls for abandonment of children and adolescents between January and October of this year. In Guayas there have been 28 alerts. (I)
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