Newborn girl found alive in dumpster after 15-year-old mom gave birth & boyfriend ‘threw it away’

A man heard a loud noise outside, and saw a young man walking away from a dumpster. He walked over to the dumpster and heard a newborn infant crying. He immediately called the police.

The UK Guardian reports,

The 17-year-old boyfriend of the baby’s mom, 15, has now been arrested and charged with the child’s attempted murder.

The McCracken County sheriff’s office said the baby was in a stable condition after being found by the man from a Paducah business in the rubbish container at Fernwood Apartments at Berger Road and Goodman Drive on Thursday afternoon. On Friday the child was being cared for in hospital.

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