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Mother Arrested After 4-Year-Old Left Alone in Hot Car at Costco

Bystander removal and EMS cooling of the child preceded the mother's arrest on a child-abandonment charge.

British Couple Given Suspended Sentences After Children Found Alone at Costa del Sol Hotel

British Parents Detained After Three Young Children Found Alone at Benalmádena Hotel

Two French Boys Found Alone in Portugal Returned to France

Two Young Brothers Found Abandoned in Portugal as Parents Held in Pretrial Detention

French Mother and Partner Remanded After Two Boys Found Abandoned in Portuguese Woods

Newborn in Neuquén Tests Positive for Cocaine as Relatives Seek Custody

Mother and Partner Detained After Two French Siblings Abandoned on Portuguese Road

Baby Abandoned in Ecatepec Ride-Hail Taxi Remains in DIF Care as State Opens Inquiry

Baby Found Alone in Times Square Stroller

Father Arrested in Kyoto Boy Case as Phone Searches and Missing Dashcam Footage Emerge

Premature Newborn Found in Hermosillo Trash Container Dies as Probe Targets Possible Mother

Rescued Newborn Leaves Lambayeque Hospital for Piura Shelter Under State Care

Police in Basque Country Probe Suspected Child-Abandonment Scheme as Six Parents Are Arrested

Mother Accused of Abandoning Newborn at Penn Station Released Under Supervision

Assa Diawara Arrested in Penn Station Newborn Abandonment Case

Pavlovo-Posadsky Court Leaves Burnashkina Parental-Rights Appeal Without Movement

Madhya Pradesh Teacher Couple Arrested After Newborn Buried Under Stones, Baby Survives

Mexico City Bill to Set 6-Year Sentence for Newborn Abandonment Moves to Committee

Austin Police Arrest 22-Year-Old After Newborn Found in Dumpster