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Port-A-Potty Baby

Video Courtesy Of CBS Affiliate WBOC

CAMBRIDGE, MD. (CBS) A Maryland woman gave birth inside of a portable toilet and then wandered off… without the baby.

Witnesses say that they saw Candy Michelle Vignari exit the portable toilet covered in blood, reports CBS affiliate WBOC. They then discovered a newborn baby wrapped in a towel in the toilet and promptly called police.

As law enforcement officers arrived, Vignari returned to the portable toilet to retrieve her baby.

Police took the infant from her, says WBOC.

Authorities believe she intended to abandon the infant.

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