Baby found alive in trash can in Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS — A baby, possibly a newborn, was found alive in a trash can here Friday night.

As the infant was being transported by a Wayne Township Fire Department ambulance at 8:20 p.m., medics speaking by radio to staff at Riley Hospital for Children described the baby as newborn and said they were trying to warm it up and that the baby was "pink."

Officer Rafael Diaz, spokesman for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, said the infant was found in a trash can in a bathroom in a warehouse.

Capt. Mike Pruitt with the Wayne Township Fire Department said the baby was transported by an ambulance based at a station right across the street from where the baby was found.

He said someone had called 911.

Indiana has a safe-haven law in which a parent, relative, family friend or others can give up custody of a baby less than 45 days old to a hospital emergency room or police or fire station.

Neither Diaz nor Pruitt knew the baby's gender or whether it was confirmed to be a newborn.

Police were investigating.