EASTERN CAPE. – The police are appealing to the public to help trace the mother or any person with information about a newborn baby boy who was found abandoned in Spondoweg, near a shopping centre. The newborn baby was left in a shopping bag.
Captain Sandra Janse van Rensburg, police spokesperson, says a community member found the baby in the bag on 22 August, at approximately 06:30, and alerted the police. He was taken to Dora Nginza Hospital for medical treatment and is currently in a safe place. The baby was neatly wrapped and was wearing a white and pink fleece jumper with a cartoon character and the name "Sophia". A cream and grey fleece double-breasted jacket and a Big Five sleeping bag were also found with him. A case of child abandonment was opened at Algoa Park police station. Investigations and inquiries in the surrounding area have so far yielded no information that could help detectives identify the person responsible.fleecejacket
Anyone with information that could help reunite the baby with his family and establish the circumstances of his abandonment is urged to contact Detective Sergeant Jason Kivedo on 078 959 1727.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
