FORSYTH COUNTY, GA — As rescuers carefully opened a plastic grocery bag, one crooned, “I’m so sorry” to the crying newborn baby girl inside, left abandoned in the woods. The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office continues to search for the baby’s mother and to follow leads regarding the newborn who was found in a wooded area earlier this month. As of June 25, authorities said they are still receiving tips from across the country on the possible identity of the girl they have named Baby India.
“We are happy to report that Baby India is thriving and is in the care of the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services,” the sheriff’s office said on its Facebook page.
Now, the department is releasing parts of the footage captured from the body camera worn by the first sheriff’s deputy on scene the night Baby India was discovered on June 6. As the newborn cries, responders talked to her in soothing tones. “Look how precious you are,” one officer says, with another cooing to the baby, “It’s alright, I got you.”
The department warns the video may be graphic.
“We release this footage in hopes to receive credible information on the identity of Baby India and to show how important it is to find closure in this case,” the department said.
At 10:08 p.m. on June 6, deputies were called to the 1900 block of Daves Creek Road on a report of a baby crying from residents who heard the noise, Sheriff Ron Freeman said. The area where the baby was found is small and isolated, but with several houses on it, he said. The family who heard the baby’s cries debated if it was a baby or an animal, and then discovered the infant.
Deputies soon found a white or Hispanic, newborn near full term, female baby who had been left in a wooded area.
The infant was found inside a plastic grocery store bag along the wood line off Daves Creek Road in southeast Forsyth County. The bag was somewhat open, Freeman said. The Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Unit will continue the investigation and search the area.
Georgia has a law called Safe Haven (HB 391), which allows a child’s mother to leave her baby, up to 30 days old, with an employee of any medical facility including any hospital, institutional infirmary, health center or birthing center in Georgia without prosecution. This includes hospitals, fire stations and police stations.
If you have any information regarding Baby India, call the FCSO’s tip line at 770-888-7308. The caller can remain anonymous.
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