Police rescue emaciated newborn baby from Phoenix apartment days after its mother died

An “emaciated” baby survived several days alone in a Phoenix, Arizona, apartment after the infant’s mother died, authorities said.

Shocking bodycam footage released by the Phoenix Police Department shows the newborn clinging to life after officers broke down the door while performing a welfare check on May 14.

Authorities forced down the front door of the home after an observant neighbor called 911 to ask for a welfare check as the woman “had recently given birth to a baby, and had not been seen or heard from for several days,” Phoenix police said in a news release…

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