A baby who was born premature has been found abandoned in a cardboard box with a note from the mother who claimed she had no money to feed her child.
The tiny babe was discovered on New Year’s Eve in Alaska, US, when temperatures had plunged to single figures with a wind chill of below 12 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
Alaska cops were called at around 2pm on December 31, reports the New York Post. According to the note, the baby was born 12 weeks premature just hours before being abandoned on the side of the road.
Roxy Lane, the local who discovered the tot by her home near a row of mailboxes, this week pleaded for anyone who knew the mum to reach out.
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