by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat

  • The mother of a newborn child found in a sewer pipe in China allegedly alerted her landlord to the child’s presence. She claims she tried to catch the child after delivering him but he slipped into the pipe:

    The state-run, Hangzhou-based newspaper Dushikuaibao said police became suspicious when they found baby toys and blood-tained toilet paper in the 22-year-old woman’s rented room, in the building where Saturday’s rescue occurred in eastern China.

    The woman, whose name was not revealed in state media reports, confessed to police when they asked her to undergo a medical checkup.

    The woman told police she could not afford an abortion and secretly delivered the child Saturday afternoon in the toilet. She said she tried to catch the baby but he slipped into the sewer line and that she alerted her landlord of the trapped baby after she could not pull the child out, the state-run, Jinhua-based Zhezhong News said.