Newborn baby girl found alive in plastic bag at garbage-collection site
A newborn baby girl was found alive in a plastic bag at a garbage collection site on the premises of a Tokyo apartment complex Tuesday morning, police said. The girl was in good shape despite the ordeal. Local police are searching for her parents on suspicion of abandoning a person they were responsible for protecting. At around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a 33-year-old part-time cleaner found the baby girl in a plastic bag at the garbage collection site of the apartment block in Toshima-ku, Tokyo, and alerted police. The girl weighed 2,000 grams and an umbilical code was still attached to her. Investigators estimate that she was born five to seven days earlier. The scene is situated about 150 meters northeast of Otsuka Station on the JR Yamanote Line.
Newborn baby girl found alive in plastic bag at garbage-collection site
A newborn baby girl was found alive in a plastic bag at a garbage collection site on the premises(敷地・構内) of a Tokyo apartment complex(団地) Tuesday morning, police said.
The girl was in good shape despite(〜にもかかわらず) the ordeal(苦境). Local police are searching for her parents on suspicion of abandoning(遺棄) a person they were responsible for protecting.
At around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, a 33-year-old part-time cleaner found the baby girl in a plastic bag at the garbage collection site of the apartment block in Toshima-ku, Tokyo, and alerted police.
The girl weighed 2,000 grams and an umbilical code was still attached to her. Investigators estimate(推定する) that she was born five to seven days earlier.
The scene is situated about 150 meters northeast of Otsuka Station on the JR Yamanote Line.