Early Thursday, September 10, a resident of the Catalina neighborhood in Bogotá’s Kennedy district — a working-class area in the Colombian capital’s south — was startled by knocking at his front door. When he went outside to investigate, he discovered a baby boy, believed to be about a year old, asleep and left out in the open air, apparently abandoned by an unknown woman.
The man alerted authorities, and the child was quickly taken into protective custody by the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF), the national agency responsible for child protection services. Officials say the infant appeared to be in stable condition despite having spent time outdoors overnight.
According to local reports, security camera footage captured the moment a woman left the baby at the doorstep before walking away, and investigators are treating that video as a key piece of evidence as they work to identify her and determine the circumstances that led to the abandonment. Authorities have not yet released details about her identity or whereabouts, and the case remains under investigation by Bogotá’s security and child welfare authorities.
For more details on the video evidence and the ongoing investigation, read the full story at El Tiempo.
Source: Lo que encontraron junto a bebé de un año abandonado por una mujer frente a una casa en Kennedy, sur de Bogotá (eltiempo.com). English version produced with AI assistance.
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