Takatokwane police are in search for the mother of a baby girl estimated to be less than a week old who was found abandoned in the bush, while Molepolole police are investigating a similar case following the arrest of a 36-year-old woman.
According to Takatokwane police Station Commander, Superintendent Jacob Molapong, they received a report last Wednesday at around 16: 45 pm from a certain man who was herding cattle in the bush at Masope settlement.
“The police responded to the report and found a well dressed baby girl wrapped up in a blanket and sleeping under a tree,” explained the concerned police boss revealing that the little girl was taken to Takatokwane Clinic for medical examination and later referred to Scottish Livingstone Hospital (SLH) where she is in stable condition.
Meanwhile, Assistant Superintendent Wemelenna Mokamogo of Molepolole police also told this publication in an interview that they have arrested a woman who was still under observation at SLH together with her newborn baby who was found dumped last Tuesday at Ntloedibe ward near old Water Affairs offices.
“After we received information from sources our police officers attended to the scene and took the baby to the hospital where she is in a stable condition. Fortunately later the same day evening, the suspected mother, aged 36 was brought by the parents to the police station and she confirmed that the baby girl was hers,” said ASP Mokamogo.
The newly born girl was allegedly found wrapped up in a blanket inside a zipped baby bag.
ASP Mokamogo revealed that the medical doctor will make the findings and issue a medical report which will assist with investigations to determine if the mother should be charged.
