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uPtoWnNY

Baby Girl Abandoned in a NYC Taxi Cab

WTF is going through some folks minds? Thankfully the little angel's doing fine, but no one's stepped forward to claim her yet.

http://www.nydailynews.co...doned.html
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Reply #1 posted 02/29/08 4:16pm

PEJ

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uPtoWnNY said:

WTF is going through some folks minds? Thankfully the little angel's doing fine, but no one's stepped forward to claim her yet.

http://www.nydailynews.co...doned.html


at least they left it somewhere safer than in a dumpster.
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Reply #2 posted 02/29/08 4:17pm

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Reply #3 posted 02/29/08 4:22pm

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PEJ said:

uPtoWnNY said:

WTF is going through some folks minds? Thankfully the little angel's doing fine, but no one's stepped forward to claim her yet.

http://www.nydailynews.co...doned.html


at least they left it somewhere safer than in a dumpster.

true,

but hospitals will take a new born baby without any questions....
do have them if you cant/dont want to take care of them!!!!
Say it's just a dream...
U open up ur eyes and come 2 realize
u simply imagined this
So u lean over and give her a kiss
Here on earth, here on earth,
with u it's not so bad
Here on earth, here on earth
eye don't feel so sad
Stay right here
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Reply #4 posted 02/29/08 4:26pm

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Awww....

the good news is that newborn infants are generally generous tippers.
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Reply #5 posted 02/29/08 6:14pm

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Poor little thing.

At least there is no evidence of physical abuse, unlike the baby that was recently found abandoned in a Toronto parking garage stairwell on one of their coldest days.

http://www.thestar.com/Ne...cle/299771

Here is video of the loser just dumping her.



Disgusting.
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Reply #6 posted 02/29/08 6:44pm

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JustErin said:

Poor little thing.

At least there is no evidence of physical abuse, unlike the baby that was recently found abandoned in a Toronto parking garage stairwell on one of their coldest days.

http://www.thestar.com/Ne...cle/299771

Here is video of the loser just dumping her.



Disgusting.
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Reply #7 posted 03/03/08 2:03pm

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JustErin said:

Poor little thing.

At least there is no evidence of physical abuse, unlike the baby that was recently found abandoned in a Toronto parking garage stairwell on one of their coldest days.

http://www.thestar.com/Ne...cle/299771

Here is video of the loser just dumping her.



Disgusting.



what an idiot! did it ever cross his mind that they just might have surveillance cameras up there?
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Reply #8 posted 03/03/08 6:31pm

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Turns out it was a bit of a hoax

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080301/ap_on_re_us/abandoned_baby

NYC cops: Baby abandonment tale was hoax

By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writer
Sat Mar 1, 6:36 PM ET



NEW YORK - A cabdriver who dropped off a baby at a firehouse, claiming someone had left her in his car, was arrested Saturday and charged with making up the tale to help an overwhelmed family abandon the child.

Klever Sailema had been hailed as a good Samaritan after he dropped the baby off Thursday in Queens, saying the child, who was about 6 months old, had been left in his livery cab by a stranger.

The case had captivated the city after pictures of the adorable baby girl — who police now say was born to a 14-year-old girl and a man nearly twice her age — were published in newspapers and broadcast on TV.

The cabbie had told investigators his fare was a nervous-looking man who had gotten in carrying the baby and a diaper bag, then disappeared after asking the driver to pull over so he could make a phone call.

Sailema, 44, provided enough detail that police released a sketch of the suspect. He repeated his tale to reporters at a news conference on Friday.

Police didn't immediately say what broke the case open, but a family friend, Stuart Caban, said he took the teenage mother to police Friday evening after finding her walking in the Bronx, carrying a newspaper with her daughter's picture and sobbing.

"She was depressed, scared, crying. She loved her daughter. She wanted to be with her," said Caban, a 23-year-old bail bondsman.

The girl told her she hadn't wanted to leave the baby but ran away after a violent fight with the father, Caban said.

A superintendent at the Bronx apartment building where the couple lived, Saul Navarro, 43, said the baby's father had been distraught in recent days, complaining that the mother had run off and that he couldn't care for the child alone. Navarro said that he helped the family find a baby sitter, but that she was able to care for the child for only a few days.

Sailema became involved because he was dating the father's 21-year-old sister, police said. Investigators believe she persuaded the cabdriver to help her family abandon the baby.

Sailema was charged Saturday with filing a false report, and he and his girlfriend were charged with criminal faciliation. Fernando Mateo, a spokesman for the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, said the group was trying to arrange for a lawyer for Sailema.

The baby has been placed in a foster home.

The baby's mother will probably not face charges because of her age, said police spokesman Paul Browne. Investigators were still hunting for the child's 27-year-old father late Saturday.

The driver federation's Mateo, who had championed Sailema as a hero earlier in the week, said he felt betrayed but wouldn't condemn the cabbie.

"I am looking at a desperate man who was trying to help a desperate family," Mateo said.


My question is why is this 27 year-old dude not in jail for getting a 13 year-old pregnant???? eek eek
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Reply #9 posted 03/03/08 7:57pm

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SCNDLS said:

Turns out it was a bit of a hoax

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080301/ap_on_re_us/abandoned_baby

NYC cops: Baby abandonment tale was hoax

By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writer
Sat Mar 1, 6:36 PM ET



NEW YORK - A cabdriver who dropped off a baby at a firehouse, claiming someone had left her in his car, was arrested Saturday and charged with making up the tale to help an overwhelmed family abandon the child.

Klever Sailema had been hailed as a good Samaritan after he dropped the baby off Thursday in Queens, saying the child, who was about 6 months old, had been left in his livery cab by a stranger.

The case had captivated the city after pictures of the adorable baby girl — who police now say was born to a 14-year-old girl and a man nearly twice her age — were published in newspapers and broadcast on TV.

The cabbie had told investigators his fare was a nervous-looking man who had gotten in carrying the baby and a diaper bag, then disappeared after asking the driver to pull over so he could make a phone call.

Sailema, 44, provided enough detail that police released a sketch of the suspect. He repeated his tale to reporters at a news conference on Friday.

Police didn't immediately say what broke the case open, but a family friend, Stuart Caban, said he took the teenage mother to police Friday evening after finding her walking in the Bronx, carrying a newspaper with her daughter's picture and sobbing.

"She was depressed, scared, crying. She loved her daughter. She wanted to be with her," said Caban, a 23-year-old bail bondsman.

The girl told her she hadn't wanted to leave the baby but ran away after a violent fight with the father, Caban said.

A superintendent at the Bronx apartment building where the couple lived, Saul Navarro, 43, said the baby's father had been distraught in recent days, complaining that the mother had run off and that he couldn't care for the child alone. Navarro said that he helped the family find a baby sitter, but that she was able to care for the child for only a few days.

Sailema became involved because he was dating the father's 21-year-old sister, police said. Investigators believe she persuaded the cabdriver to help her family abandon the baby.

Sailema was charged Saturday with filing a false report, and he and his girlfriend were charged with criminal faciliation. Fernando Mateo, a spokesman for the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, said the group was trying to arrange for a lawyer for Sailema.

The baby has been placed in a foster home.

The baby's mother will probably not face charges because of her age, said police spokesman Paul Browne. Investigators were still hunting for the child's 27-year-old father late Saturday.

The driver federation's Mateo, who had championed Sailema as a hero earlier in the week, said he felt betrayed but wouldn't condemn the cabbie.

"I am looking at a desperate man who was trying to help a desperate family," Mateo said.


My question is why is this 27 year-old dude not in jail for getting a 13 year-old pregnant???? eek eek


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I'm sure that charge is pending.
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Reply #10 posted 03/03/08 8:52pm

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SCNDLS said:

My question is why is this 27 year-old dude not in jail for getting a 13 year-old pregnant???? eek eek



Tell me about it. If that was my daughter, the slime who knocked her up better pray Five-0 finds him before I do. Thirteen years old??? OMFG...

I hope the DA shows the cabbie some mercy. Yeah, he f-d up and went about it the wrong way, but that little girl deserves a better home. There've been too many cases where folks did nothing, and the child winds up injured or dead(like poor Nixmary Brown).
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uPtoWnNY said:

SCNDLS said:

My question is why is this 27 year-old dude not in jail for getting a 13 year-old pregnant???? eek eek



Tell me about it. If that was my daughter, the slime who knocked her up better pray Five-0 finds him before I do. Thirteen years old??? OMFG...

I hope the DA shows the cabbie some mercy. Yeah, he f-d up and went about it the wrong way, but that little girl deserves a better home. There've been too many cases where folks did nothing, and the child winds up injured or dead(like poor Nixmary Brown).
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nod But apparently the neighbors KNEW they were living together because they were helping to babysit, WTF???? And didn't she have this baby in a hospital? Did no one notice she was FOURTEEN and investigate BEFORE it got to this point???? I swear the world is spiraling more and more outta control EVERY damn day.
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Reply #12 posted 03/03/08 10:50pm

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Now how the hell are you supposed to know if the smell in the cab is drunk-guy vomit or newborn feces? What a confusing world we live in.
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Reply #13 posted 03/03/08 11:09pm

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SCNDLS said:

uPtoWnNY said:




Tell me about it. If that was my daughter, the slime who knocked her up better pray Five-0 finds him before I do. Thirteen years old??? OMFG...

I hope the DA shows the cabbie some mercy. Yeah, he f-d up and went about it the wrong way, but that little girl deserves a better home. There've been too many cases where folks did nothing, and the child winds up injured or dead(like poor Nixmary Brown).
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nod But apparently the neighbors KNEW they were living together because they were helping to babysit, WTF???? And didn't she have this baby in a hospital? Did no one notice she was FOURTEEN and investigate BEFORE it got to this point???? I swear the world is spiraling more and more outta control EVERY damn day.



A million questions are going through my mind about this case. It's obvious she wasn't enrolled in school, because the teachers would have questioned her about the pregnancy. Did the girl's family know what she was up to?

Shows you how easy it is for children to fall through the cracks in NYC. There are sad stories like this all over the city, sh!t we'll never hear about. He has to face the music, but thank goodness for that cabbie. Maybe this baby will have a chance in life.

And shame on those neighbors.
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Reply #14 posted 03/04/08 7:25am

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DontTazeMeBro said:

Now how the hell are you supposed to know if the smell in the cab is drunk-guy vomit or newborn feces? What a confusing world we live in.

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Reply #15 posted 03/04/08 10:40am

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omfg Who abandoned Miranda in NYC??? They should be SHOT! disbelief



For those of you who're newbies (and that's anything more recent than 7 years) an old school orger's username is BabyGirl. I can't believe I had to explain that. neutral
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Teacher said:

omfg Who abandoned Miranda in NYC??? They should be SHOT! disbelief



For those of you who're newbies (and that's anything more recent than 7 years) an old school orger's username is BabyGirl. I can't believe I had to explain that. neutral


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