Baby left at parked truck in Liloan

A NEWBORN  girl was found at the back of  a Toyota pick-up truck in barangay Poblacion, Lilo-an town,  northern Cebu.

Liloan police said  they received report of the abandoned baby  truck past 5 a.m.

The baby was found  wrapped in  cloth.

Police investigators said no one in the neighborhood saw who left the  baby there.

The police took the infant  to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) of Lilo-an.

SPO2 Ricardo Enriquez  said  the DSWD referred them to the Lilo-an Health Center so the newborn could   undergo medical check up.

Dr. Marichris Mahinay of the Lilo-an Health Center who checked the baby said she was healthy and normal.

The doctor, however, had the baby placed  under observation at the center.

Police are still trying to locate the mother of the baby./Correspondent Norman V. Mendoza

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