Abandoned Newborn Girl; Found in backyard (2010) - Carpentersville (NW of Chicago) IL

Carpentersville IL ---- Police are looking for information about a day-old
baby girl abandoned Saturday in Carpentersville.

Officials found the baby after a woman who lives along the 1900 block
of Bristol Circle saw the infant about 2 p.m. in her neighbor’s
backyard and called 911, according to a news release.

Carpentersville paramedics took the child to a nearby hospital, where
she is being observed and treated.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call Carpentersville police
at 847-551-3481 or Quad Com at 847-428-8784. Callers can remain
anonymous.

May 3, 2010 (CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill.) (WLS) -- Police are considering charges against a woman who left a newborn inside a box in the backyard of a Carpentersville home.
The child was found Saturday and is expected to be OK. The baby may have been left outside in a box for a day, officials said.
The woman found Sunday when paramedics rushed her to the hospital-- just hours after investigators in northwest suburban Carpentersville say she abandoned her newborn baby in a next door neighbor's backyard.
"Through investigation, we've been able to determine who the mother is," said Chief David Neumann, Carpentersville Police Department.
The woman was taken to Sherman Hospital where both she and her child were being treated later Sunday. It is believed they are in good condition.
Meanwhile, a neighborhood remained shocked by the events that unfolded over the last few days.
"Wow, it like happened here. It's just shocking," neighborhood resident Luis Nieves said.
But none of the residents on the 1900-block of Bristol Circle is more stunned than Kathleen Nolan, a long-time homeowner who made the discovery at approximately 2 p.m. Saturday while gardening in her backyard.
"The box was sitting right there by the fence," Nolan said.
Nolan, who has five children and 18 grandchildren, says she first heard what she thought was weeping and went around to investigate, only to find a newborn baby on her side, covered with blankets inside an old diaper box.
"It was a little girl. She still had the umbilical cord on. She had to be maybe a day old," Nolan said.
Nolan then alerted her neighbor, Frank Quitter, who called 911. He said he first noticed the box by his garage sometime Friday and was surprised to learn a baby survived inside.
"It was amazing Friday night. It was in a rain storm," Quitter told ABC7 Chicago.
Police say the baby's mother could face criminal charges because the child was not relinquished following the Abandoned Baby Protection Act, which allows parents to give up their newborns without fear of prosecution at safe haven locations including hospitals, fire stations, police stations, or medical emergency facilities.
Advocate Dawn Geras of the Save Abandoned Babies Foundation says communities need to talk more about the law.
"Instead of being in a hospital waiting for someone to claim her, trying to figure out what's going to happen to her, she would be placed into an adoptive family," said Geras.
The safe haven law was first signed in 2001 and was amended last year to extend 'save abandonment' to newborns 30 days or younger.
Investigators say they are continuing to follow up on leads and are conferring with the Kane County state's attorney's office about the possibility of criminal charges.
The Department of Children and Family Services is also investigating..
All 50 states now have a safe haven law.

Mother of Abandoned Carpentersville Baby Found
Updated: Sunday, 02 May 2010, 4:01 PM CDT
Published : Sunday, 02 May 2010, 4:01 PM CDT

Sun-Times Media Wire

Carpentersville, Ill. - Carpentersville police said Sunday morning that they have located the mother of a newborn girl found in a cardboard box behind a home on the 1900 block of Bristol Circle Saturday afternoon.

Both are being treated at Sherman Hospital in Elgin. Police said in a press release that the medical condition of both appears not to be life-threatening....

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/20100502-abandoned-carpentersville-baby-found

Carpentersville Woman Sentenced, Abandoned Newborn Infant for Several Days in Huggies Box
Updated: Monday, 28 Jun 2010, 7:59 PM CDT
Published : Monday, 28 Jun 2010, 4:30 PM CDT

Sun-Times Media Wire

Carpentersville, Ill. - A 21-year-old northwest suburban woman who gave birth to a baby while standing on a garbage bag outside her parents' backyard then left the newborn in a cardboard box pleaded guilty Monday to abandoning her infant.

Wendy S. Sanchez of Carpentersville, Ill. agreed with prosecutors to a sentence of 180 days in Kane County Jail and 30 months probation for pleading guilty to one count of child abandonment....

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/carpentersville-woman-sentenced-abandoning-newborn-baby-days-in-huggies-box-20100628

Woman guilty of abandoning baby tried to hide pregnancy
June 29, 2010 10:10 AM

...Sanchez already had another baby who was 11 months old when Sanchez went into labor, Sams said. In late January, Sanchez sought an abortion at a Des Plaines clinic, but was turned down because the pregnancy was too far along, he said.

She'd tried to cover it up from her family and her 18-year-old boyfriend, prosecutors said. Her family was suspicious, especially as Sanchez approached full term, but she continued to deny she was pregnant, Sams said. She told the boyfriend she'd had an abortion, the prosecutor said....

http://archive.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/06/woman-guilty-of-abandoning-baby-tried-to-hide-pregnancy.html

Woman sentenced for abandoning newborn in cardboard box

Deborah O'Malley, Chicago Crime Examiner
June 28, 2010 -

A Carpentersville woman who abandoned her newborn baby earlier this year is sentenced to six months for the crime....

...The Kane County State's Attorney's's Office did not have information on who currently has custody of the child but Sanchez has been ordered to attend a parenting class and undergo a psychological evaluation as part of her sentence.

http://www.examiner.com/crime-in-chicago/woman-sentenced-for-abandoning-newborn-cardboard-box#ixzz1WLxxmJNo