POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A baby girl who was found abandoned early this year on a hill in Mulberry was recently adopted, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
The girl’s new mom and dad posed for photos Wednesday morning with sheriff’s office personnel, asking that their names go unpublished.
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“We are thrilled to share with you these photos from this morning of this precious angel with her new mom and dad, along with PCSO’s Detective Green and Sgt. Ryan,” the sheriff’s office’s social media post states.
At the onset, her rescuers with Polk County Fire Rescue determined she had been born about an hour before she was found, wrapped in a blanket near a mobile home park as outside temperatures dipped into the lower 50s.
Authorities were unable to locate or identify the girl’s biological parents.
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— Polk County Sheriff 🚔 Grady Judd (@PolkCoSheriff) November 29, 2023
Nearly one year ago, on January 28th, at about 1:47 in the morning, PCSO deputies rescued an abandoned newborn baby girl in Mulberry.
The girl was wrapped in a blanket, still attached to the placenta.
The temperature outside was in… pic.twitter.com/KpSUbp8nwK
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