FORSYTH COUNTY, Georgia — Police in Forsyth County, Georgia made a grisly discovery Thursday night — a newborn baby in a plastic bag.
First responders gave the infant first aid after a nearby resident reported hearing cries coming from a wooded area near a road.
The child was taken to the hospital where she is reportedly in stable condition.
Investigators want to know who left the baby there and why.
"We can only make an assumption that it was a mother that placed the child there. We know the child had recently been born, we believe yesterday,” said Forsyth County Sheriff Ron H. Freeman. “Can't say with absolute certainty that the mother's the one that placed it there. But the baby was left in a wood line in a plastic bag."
The portion of Forsyth County where the baby was found is typically considered part of Atlanta's metropolitan area.
