Mother interviewed after baby disappeared from neonatal ward at the hospital on Thursday
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Published Nov 22, 2024 • Last updated 4days ago • 1 minute read
The body of a newborn baby who was reported missing from a neonatal ward at a hospital in Vienna was found Friday in a garbage container near the building, police said. The infant’s mother was arrested as a suspect.
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Staff noticed that the baby had disappeared from the ward at the hospital in the Austrian capital’s Favoriten district on Thursday morning and raised the alarm. A large-scale search of the entire hospital grounds, involving dogs and drones, failed to find the infant and the search was halted.
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Officers expanded the search area after interviewing the baby’s mother during the night, police spokesperson Anna Gutt said. The body of the girl, who was a few days old, was found Friday morning outside the hospital grounds.
An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death. The mother, a 30-year-old Austrian citizen, was arrested.
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