Minutes after an infant girl was dumped in a Laguna Niguel trash bin just yards from her family's front door Saturday morning, the newborn's 11-year-old sister went out to investigate, neighbors said, then summoned help in time to save the child.
The sister had grown concerned because she had seen her mother bleeding in the bathroom and saw her take something out to the bin. After spotting the abandoned infant, the girl went to the nearby leasing office and found an adult who rescued the child, neighbors said.
Shawn Sepulveda, 38, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the incident. She is being held in the psychiatric wing at the Central Women's Jail on $1-million bail and is expected to be in court today.
Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino said Sepulveda's two other children, 11 and 14, were turned over to their father. Sepulveda's record showed no prior run-ins with the law, save for a traffic violation.
The infant is being treated at the hospital because of minor medical problems "due to improper delivery," but was expected to fully recover. The young girl is a hero!
The sister had grown concerned because she had seen her mother bleeding in the bathroom and saw her take something out to the bin. After spotting the abandoned infant, the girl went to the nearby leasing office and found an adult who rescued the child, neighbors said.
Shawn Sepulveda, 38, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the incident. She is being held in the psychiatric wing at the Central Women's Jail on $1-million bail and is expected to be in court today.
Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino said Sepulveda's two other children, 11 and 14, were turned over to their father. Sepulveda's record showed no prior run-ins with the law, save for a traffic violation.
The infant is being treated at the hospital because of minor medical problems "due to improper delivery," but was expected to fully recover. The young girl is a hero!
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- JanaPokana
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what a great story! im glad the sister did something! The mom needs a one way ticket to hell! bitch!
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The worst of human nature and the best of human nature.
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Don't judge the mother too fast - what she did is typical of severe post partum depression. She likely needs psychiatric and medical care rather than prison.
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- Vierotchka
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