A newborn baby has survived being buried alive in rubble below a Los Angeles path, just hours after she was born.
The girl was believed to be only 24 to 36 hours old when she was found in Compton on Friday afternoon near a creek that flows into the Los Angeles River, said Sgt. Marvin Jaramilla of the Sheriff’s Department’s special victim unit.
“There’s indication that the child was born at a medical facility or a hospital,” he said.
Jaramilla said two deputies found the girl around 4pm after people on the bike path heard her cries and called authorities.
“As they searched, deputies heard a baby’s muffled cry and located a newborn baby girl buried alive under pieces of asphalt and rubble inside a crevice located along the bike path,” the sheriff’s sergeant said in a statement.
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Paramedics treated her at the scene before transporting her to the hospital where she’s listed in stable condition, CNN reports.
“We do know that if the child had spent the night there in those conditions the baby wouldn’t have survived,” Sgt. Jaramilla said.
If the parents are found, they will face attempted murder and child endangerment charges.
