COLUMBUS, Ga. — Police in Columbus, Georgia, are investigating after a baby was found in a dumpster at a motel.
WTVM reports that someone found the baby after they heard cries coming from the dumpster shortly before 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the Budgetel Inn on Victory Drive.
Officers taped off the area around the dumpster in the motel parking lot as they investigated.
Police said the baby was found alive and was taken to Piedmont Columbus Regional Hospital, where he remains in the NICU.
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The condition of the child has not been released.
The investigation continues, led by the Columbus Police Department’s Special Victims Unit.
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