Infant With Burned Hands Found Abandoned In Connecticut Dumpster, Babysitter Arrested

A Connecticut woman was arrested and charged with abandoning an eight-month-old baby with burn injuries in a dumpster.

The woman, identified as 25-year-old Andiana Velez, was the child's babysitter and had allegedly assaulted the infant's mother.

New Haven police said the maintenance workers heard the child's cries and found the baby abandoned inside the trash can Monday. "You can tell she was freezing, freezing in that trash can," Rick Chardon, one of the workers who found the girl, told Eyewitness 3 News.

The workers noticed burn injuries on the child's hands and took her to Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital. Doctors who checked the infant said she was in a stable condition.

During the investigation, the New Haven police officers found the child's mother had wounds on her face and it was then revealed Velez had attacked her. However, It was not clear what led to the altercation.

“While detectives have determined the Hamden woman put the baby in the dumpster, investigators have not yet determined who is responsible for the child’s injuries,” police stated.

The babysitter was taken into custody and charged with risk of injury to a child, second-degree assault and first-degree reckless endangerment, reported The Hour. She was held in lieu of $500,000 bail after being arraigned Tuesday. Investigation into the incident was underway.

In a similar incident, a two-day-old baby was found abandoned on a road in the southern Indian state of Telangana. The baby was rushed to a hospital after local residents found the infant wrapped in a plastic bag. Necessary vaccines were administered to the child who was listed in a stable condition.