Girl, 16, is mother of newborn abandoned in alley, police say

Police on Thursday determined a 16-year-old girl is the mother of a newborn boy who had been abandoned in a Hermosa alley earlier this week.

Detectives questioned the girl Wednesday evening into Thursday and confirmed she was the mother, according to Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. Guglielmi, citing an ongoing investigation, declined to elaborate on how detectives came to the conclusion.

Investigators on Thursday also were questioning who they say was the newborn's father, he said.

Who left the baby, wrapped in a beach towel, umbilical cord still attached, atop a plastic garbage bin in an alley in the 1700 block of North Keystone Avenue, is still unclear. He was found Tuesday afternoon by a good Samaritan and rushed to a nearby fire station.

As of Thursday afternoon, no charges had been filed in the case.

Discovery of who the boy's parents are believed to be deflated the hopes of another family who wondered if their 19-year-old missing daughter, who was pregnant and due to give birth two days before the newborn was found, was the mother.

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