A missing 19-year-old woman may possibly be the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned on top a garbage can in a Chicago alley on May 7, according to the woman’s family.
Her family is now calling for a DNA test to identify whether Ochoa-Uriostegui is the mother of the baby.
The good Samaritans then rushed the boy to a nearby firehouse. There, paramedics performed CPR and revived the little boy.
“The baby was cold as concrete,”Patrick Fitzmaurice, Chicago Fire Department paramedic field chief, told reporters during a news conference, according to the news station. “I wasn’t too optimistic, but like I said to the lieutenant, I wasn’t ready to lose this one today, and neither were they and they worked very hard.”
“This poor kid was minutes away from having no chance at all,” Fitzmaurice added.
After fire department officials revived the boy, he was taken to the Norwegian American Hospital in critical condition.
Later on May 7, officials said the baby was in a stable condition and was “crying and kicking.”
He was then transferred to Lurie Children’s Hospital for further treatment.
“We don’t judge. Take him to a firehouse. Leave the baby there. Give the kid a chance,” Fitzmaurice said.
Officials have not released any details about the mother or reason for the baby’s abandonment.