COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Advocates around the Chattahoochee Valley are pushing for changes to Georgia’s Safe Place for Newborns Act after a baby was found alive inside a dumpster in Columbus.
Columbus police authorities say the child’s mother, who has been identified as 22-year-old Zinnia Hernandez, admitted to leaving the baby inside the dumpster after it was rescued.
She faces multiple charges, including criminal attempt murder, abandonment of a child, first-degree cruelty to children, and reckless conduct. She is being held on a $20,000 bond…