Law enforcement officers are investigating after a newborn baby was discovered behind a set of dumpsters at a Marshall County mobile home complex.
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office reports that a female infant, said to be of Hispanic descent, was found behind the trash collection units at Grove of Cayce mobile home park in Byhalia on Wednesday around 7 p.m.
The baby was reported to be in a car seat bundled up in several blankets, with one blanket over the top of the seat. Some of the blankets were blue and pink.
Lifeguard Ambulance Service transported the child to Le Bonheur Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. where she is said to be in good condition.
Authorities with the north Mississippi county’s sheriff’s office are offering a substantial reward for any credible information regarding the identity and location of the parents of this child or anyone who may have been responsible for abandoning the child.
