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54591
DUMPSTER BABY'S MOM FOUND (10/24/1995)
CHICAGO, IL
PKG
10/24/1995
44:11
1:39
Elk Grove Village, IL :27 Hoffman Estates, IL/file/last week Robert Syre, Hoffman Estates Police Hoffman Estates 1:20 Judy Wang, Rptng
SHOTS OF BABY IN DUMPSTER, MUG SHOT STILL OF MOTHER WHO ABANDONED HER BABY, SOT
THE MOTHER OF A BABY FOUND ALIVE IN A DUMPSTER LAST WEEK IN CHICAGO HAS BEEN FOUND, AND IS BEING HELD BY POLICE. THE STORY GOES THAT SHE WORKED FOR THE HOSPITAL, HAD AN AFFAIR IN JANUARY, AND FOUND OUT SHE WAS PREGNANT. SHE TOLD HER HUSBAND SHE HAD A TUMOR (HE BELIEVED HER!), BECAUSE HE HAD A VASECTOMY, AND THEN ABANDONED THE BABY IN A DUMPSTER ONCE SHE GAVE BIRTH. RESCUERS CALLED THE BABY "MARY GRACE" BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT SHE SURVIVED.
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