LATEST: The mother of an abandoned newborn found alive in a plastic bag in Georgia nearly four years ago has been arrested and charged with attempt to commit murder, authorities announce.
May 19, 2023, 3:06 PMBody camera video captured the moment an abandoned newborn girl was found alive inside a plastic grocery bag in Georgia.in Georgia, the child's mother has been arrested and charged with attempt to commit murder, authorities announced Friday.
The Forsyth County Major Crimes Unit has been "tirelessly working" on the "Baby India" case ever since, and on Thursday morning, deputies made an arrest, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said in a press release. DNA evidence further confirmed 40-year-old Karima Jiwani, of southeast Forsyth County, to be the child's biological mother, according to Freeman.
India was likely born in a car, and Jiwani allegedly drove the newborn for a "significant period of time" before discarding her, Freeman said. There was no attempt to leave the newborn with a "safe harbor" such as a fire station or hospital, which is legal within 30 days of the birth, he noted. People were "waiting in line" to adopt India following her miraculous recovery, Tom Rawlings, then-director of Georgia's Division of Family and Children Service, told "Good Morning America" at the time.
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