A couple describes their reaction after a mother handed them her baby near Skid Row.
A woman is facing felony child endangerment charges after dropping her baby boy off with a homeless couple near the skid row area in Downtown Los Angeles Monday night, said police.
"She handed the child to a man and a woman sleeping in a tent near the corner of 3rd and Main Streets at around 11:30," said Sgt. Ed Petterez, of LAPD’s Central Division Station. “She said she would be back, but she never returned."
The couple said they waited for about 30 minutes before they called police. Officers arrived and took possession of the baby boy, who they believe is between six and eight months old.
"Right now, the child will be taken back to Central Station where we’ll contact DCFS (Department of Children and Family Services) and then they’ll take it from there," said Sgt. Petterez.
A friend of the child's mother called police and helped officers locate the woman a short distance from where the baby boy was left, said officials.
She’s now in custody, and investigators are trying to determine why she left her baby with the couple. The child is also at the station, and appears to be fine, authorities said.
"We're just lucky she picked good people to turn the baby boy over to," said Sgt. Leonard Ramirez.
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