A baby who was left alone for days in a Phoenix, Arizona, apartment was rescued by police officers last month after the infant’s mother had died, officials said Friday.
Phoenix police said they received a call from a neighbor on the morning of May 14 to check on a woman who had recently given birth, but who had not been heard from for several days. Bodycam footage released by the Phoenix Police Department show officers looking through the apartment’s unlocked window, which is when the officers saw the woman lying on the floor, police said.
They forced the apartment door open and rescued the baby who was “laying on the bed visibly emaciated.”…