Overview

• Police say a neighbor found a lifeless newborn on the roof of a carport at a multi-unit building in Graz early Tuesday afternoon and alerted authorities.
• The Landeskriminalamt Steiermark opened a probe on suspicion of a violent crime, with criminal investigators and forensic teams securing the scene.
• Residents of the building were initially unaccounted for, and police began searching for them as part of the inquiry.
• Police reported that the 20-year-old mother was located and stated she had given birth alone, claimed she had not realized she was pregnant, and sought to dispose of the infant.
• Forensic examination will determine how the baby died, and police said they are following leads to identify the father.