SAN ANTONIO – A woman who gave birth along a Northeast Side trail and abandoned her newborn baby on Tuesday has been charged and identified, according to San Antonio police.
Julie Alexander, 37, was charged with abandonment and endangerment of a child, a second-degree felony, records with the Bexar County Jail show.
SAPD said officers responded to reports of a man with a newborn in the 1900 block of Austin Highway around 3:30 p.m. The man told police he found the baby along a trail on the Salado Creek Greenway.
According to police, the man said he saw a woman leaving the greenway and found a newborn baby on the trail. He assumed the baby belonged to her.
He then took the baby to search for help, police said.
Alexander was later found at a different location. The San Antonio Fire Department said she and the baby were transported to a hospital.
In Texas, parents may surrender their newborn babies in special, alarmed boxes at fire stations and other designated spots.
The state’s Safe Haven Law, also known as the Baby Moses Law, was first passed in 1999. It allows parents who are unable to care for their children to legally and safely surrender them up until they are 60 days old by handing them over at designated safe places, including any hospital, fire station or emergency medical services station in Texas.
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