AUSTIN (KXAN) – Police say they have yet to make any charges in the Saturday baby abandonment case.

On Saturday afternoon, a baby was found in a north Austin dumpster. APD Officer Townsend said the baby was found safe in the 8600 block of North Lamar Boulevard with no health issues present.

“She came into custody with [Texas Department of Family and Protective Services] on Saturday. She was checked out by the hospital. At this time, we have no medical concerns, and upon discharge, she will be going into care,” said Misty Enos, supervisor of investigations at DFPS.

DFPS said child abandonment doesn’t happen often. Texas lawmakers passed the Safe Haven Law in 1999, giving parents unable to care for their child the option to leave them unharmed at hospitals, fire stations or EMS stations w

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