New Haven police have detained and will charge a 24-year-old Hamden woman with dumping a baby girl in a Newhallville apartment complex Dumpster.
The 8-month-old was found by maintenance workers Monday at around 2 p.m. at the Presidential Gardens apartment complex, police said.
New Haven Police Department Capt. Anthony Duff said criminal charges are pending for the abandonment of the child. The woman, who is not the child's mother, is being detained at New Haven Police headquarters.
The child, who is in stable condition at Yale New Haven Children's Hospital, was being treated for burns to her hands, Duff said.
Duff said that, "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."
When Patch was on scene at around 3:30 p.m., investigators had located the child's mother, Duff said.
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