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Nearly four years after an abandoned newborn was found alive in a plastic bag in Georgia, the child’s mother has been arrested and charged with attempt to commit murder, authorities announced Friday.
The baby girl was found in good condition in a wooded area in Forsyth County on the night of June 6, 2019, authorities said. A local family told “Good Morning America” at the time they had heard crying and called 911 after finding the newborn in a plastic bag.
The baby, temporarily named India, was likely born within hours of being found, authorities said. Her umbilical cord was still attached.
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office released remarkable body camera footage of first responders recovering the baby from the scene in the weeks following the discovery as they attempted to identify her.
The Forsyth County Major Crimes Unit has been “tirelessly working” on the “Baby India” case ever since, and on Thursday morning, deputies made an arrest, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said in a…
