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Baby girl found inside shoebox on N.Y. porch

BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — A 14-year-old boy in Brentwood found a 6-week-old baby girl in a shoe box on his back porch Thursday night, Suffolk County police said, CBS New York reports

On Saturday, authorities still didn’t know who was responsible for abandoning the child two days earlier outside the Long Island house.

Police say a 14-year-old boy who lives there was first to hear the baby’s cries. He found her in the shoebox wrapped in a blanket, with a bottle of milk.

He told his family, who brought the baby inside and called 911.

The teenager’s family called police.

The baby was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors say she’s in good health.

Authorities notified Child Protective Services. 

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