A mum is accused of abandoning her newborn baby son in a dirty nappy on a stranger's doorstep after her boyfriend broke up with her.
Melissa Kelley has been charged with unlawful desertion and child neglect after allegedly leaving her baby outside the home of the mother of her ex's new partner in Deltona, Florida.
The 33-year-old allegedly told Patricia Tillman - who she had never met before - her former boyfriend Clayton Zinck would collect the child but he never arrived, according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Ms Tillman told police Kelley turned up out of the blue on Sunday night, telling her not to touch the baby as he had scabies.
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