Breastfeeding Police Officer saves abandoned newborn baby

A police officer went above and beyond the call of
duty to save a baby’s life.
Officer Luisa Fernanda Urrea, who recently
became a mom herself, was called to a scene in a
remote forest in Colombia after an abandoned
infant was found. A local woman, Edinora
Jimenez, discovered the crying baby in the
undergrowth of the forest.

“I was collecting some oranges when I
heard something crying,” Jimenez told a
local news source, as reported by
the Huffington Post Thursday. “I thought it
was a cat until I looked closer and saw
that it was a baby girl.”
The infant, who still had part of her umbilical
cord attached, was starving and facing
hypothermia, so Urrea breastfed her, saving her
life. “I’m a new mother and I have milk, and I
recognized the needs that this poor little creature
had,” Urrea told the local news. “I think any
woman would have given her nourishment in the
same circumstances.”
The Colombian Family Welfare Institute is now
caring for the infant while it finds an adoptive
home for her. In the meantime, police are

searching for the mother, who may face criminal
charges. Orphanage director Jhon Arley Murillo
said:
“We could be dealing with a case of
attempted homicide, although it’s the
prosecutor who will decide the charge.”