OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 27-year-old woman is in jail facing a felony child abuse charge after police said she gave birth and left the baby on a sidewalk in freezing temperatures.
Omaha police said in a news release Tuesday that Trinity Shakespeare was arrested and jailed after she was released from an Omaha hospital.
Police were called Sunday morning by witnesses who were carrying for a newborn baby on a sidewalk in southeast Omaha and left the baby boy.
The child was hospitalized after being exposed to the cold.
Police said the boy is expected to survive.