Overview
- A neighbor’s 911 call around 5 a.m. led officers to a trash bin on Riobamba 2300 in San Martín.
- Police found the newborn naked without a diaper with the umbilical cord cut in improvised fashion.
- Officers rushed her by patrol car to Hospital Municipal Dr. Diego Thompson, where she was admitted to neonatal intensive care.
- Doctors reported a gestational age near 36 weeks and a weight of about 1,890 grams, with signs of a recent home birth.
- Investigators have not identified any responsible person, while hospital staff symbolically named the baby Verónica in honor of the lieutenant who assisted.