Woman Discards Newborn In Schwechat International Airport Trash Bin To Avoid Missing Flight


The selfish actions of a Nigerian student ultimately led to the all-too-short end of her newborn baby’s life.

Janitorial workers at Vienna’s Schwechat International Airport in Austria were said to have discovered a crying child inside of a trash bin located in the bathroom of the transportation hub last Thursday, November 10, so says the Mirror. Wrapped in nothing but a plastic bag, the just-born baby was rushed off to a nearby hospital to be treated but, sadly, died shortly thereafter due to complications from a prolonged lack of oxygen.

About 30 minutes later, at approximately 2 a.m., the child’s mother, 27, was found sleeping in a waiting area located further inside of Schwechat International Airport, drenched in blood due to the delivery of the baby. She also was subsequently taken to a hospital to be treated and remained under medical observation until law enforcement arrested her for the dastardly crime.

According to Austrian media, the Nigerian woman was traveling from Minsk, the capital of European country Belarus, to Washington, D.C., for reasons unknown. Not wanting to miss the connecting North American flight at Schwechat International Airport, she entered the bathroom to give birth to the full-term, healthy child before discarding it and attempting to continue on with her travel plans.

During the police inquiry, the woman relayed to officials that the baby was stillborn at the time of delivery, but several witnesses, including the cleaning lady who made the disheartening discovery, counterpointed the mother’s claims. An exact cause of death has not yet been uncovered but will be released following a postmortem examination on the baby.

Public prosecutor Friedrich Koehl says that the woman will be charged on suspicion of killing a child at birth. As such, she now sits in a pretrial detention center as the investigation continues. If found guilty, she faces anywhere from six months to five years in prison, as noted by Article 79 of the Austrian Criminal Code. The identity of the child’s father is not yet publicly known.

In a related story, a 6-week-old toddler was recently placed into a shoe box by her parents, before being left on a doorstep in a Long Island neighborhood.

As reported by both the Inquisitr and CBS New York on Sunday, 14-year-old Franklin Ulloa said that while at his Brentwood home earlier that day, he heard the sound of a baby crying outside his doorway. When he opened it up, he found the infant, a little girl, nestled inside of a blanket with a bottle of milk beside her. Ulloa quickly took her inside, and his family immediately called 911.

Unlike the baby left behind in the Schwechat International Airport bathroom, a medical examination at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore found the little girl to be of good health. She was ultimately handed over to Child Protective Services for safe keeping. An investigation into the identity of the child’s parents is currently ongoing.

A New York State law offered by the Office of Children and Family Services known as the Abandoned Infant Protection Act allows overwhelmed new parents to anonymously drop off their babies without prosecution or arrest if done within the first 30 days of birth. However, the newborn must be left with either a suitable guardian (who must be notified of the drop-off) or at a safe space such as a hospital, firehouse, or police station to avoid possible jail time.

As the Long Island newborn surpasses the age limit by at least two weeks, it is unsure whether or not her parents are protected by the aforementioned act. The identity of the baby girl has yet to be ascertained.

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