Newborn baby abandoned for days outside Springfield home, police search for mother
SPRINGFIELD - Police are searching for a mother who abandoned her newborn at a home in Springfield over the weekend.
On a cold and frigid Sunday night, Juliannys Aviles and her husband came home to find the baby boy tucked in a tilted car seat cold and crying.
"Being a mother, I don't know how anybody could do that," Juliannys said. "His face was so swollen, his feet were red and super swollen, his whole body was cracked, his hands were cracked, he needed the medical attention."
The newborn baby boy had been outside their Entrybrook Drive home for two days wrapped in blankets.
Police believe the baby was abandoned from Friday night-until Sunday evening when the Aviles family got back from a weekend getaway in Boston.
Juliannys kept the baby warm while her husband ran to get help from their neighbor Marilyn. She had seen the car seat and thought it was a package since the Aviles have small children.
"I looked at the baby's eyes all you could see was those swollen eyes from crying so much, it was so devastating it broke my heart in pieces," Marilyn White said.
The baby boy was taken to Baystate Medical Center where he is recovering and going through treatment.
Now police are looking for his mom, and those who saved the baby's life have many questions.
"I hope mom gets help, we all know she needs the help," Juliannys said. "I hope she's able to get the help."
The family hopes to foster the baby they helped to give a second chance. "We saved his life he was meant for us," Juliannys said. "He was meant to be with us."
Police are searching through surveillance video taken from cameras in the area where the baby boy was found.
Massachusetts is a "Baby Safe Haven" state, meaning parents can legally surrender a newborn seven days or younger at a hospital, police station, or fire department without facing any criminal prosecution.
Springfield Police are asking anyone who might know who the mother is to contact them.