Police investigating after baby found in shoe box on N.Y. porch

Saturday, November 12, 2016
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. (WPVI) -- Police are investigating after a baby was found in a shoe box on a Long Island, New York, porch this week.

Around 9 p.m. Thursday, a 14-year-old resident, who lives in the 400 block of Washington Avenue, heard a baby crying on the rear porch, according to Suffolk County Police.
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He went outside and found a 6-week-old girl in a shoe box, wrapped in a blanket with a bottle of milk.

He told his family, and they brought the baby inside and called 911.
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The baby was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore where doctors said she is in good health.

The investigation is ongoing.
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