Georgia baby found abandoned in a plastic bag in the woods | WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio

FORSYTH COMMITTEE, Georgia – Police in Forsyth County, Georgia, made a terrible discovery Thursday night: a newborn baby in a plastic bag.

First responders gave first aid to the infant after a nearby resident heard shrieks coming from a wooded area close to a road.

The child was taken to the hospital where she would be in stable condition.

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The investigators want to know who left the baby there and why.

"We can only assume that it is a mother who has placed the child there.We know that the child was born recently, we believe it yesterday," said the county sheriff from Forsyth, Ron H. Freeman. it's the mother who placed her there. But the baby was left in a row of wood in a plastic bag. "

The part of Forsyth County where the baby was found is generally considered part of the metropolitan area of ​​Atlanta.