Premature baby with umbilical cord attached found abandoned near bayou, Texas cops say

Officials in Texas are investigating after they say a premature baby was found abandoned near a bayou.

The baby girl was found wrapped in a towel with the umbilical cord still attached in Katy, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a June 15 Facebook post.

Daniela Fedele told KHOU she was on a walk with her family when they found the baby.

“I noticed two little feet moving and then my husband was right behind me with the dogs, and I yelled to my husband. I’m like, ‘oh my god, a baby, a baby,’” Fedele told the outlet.

The baby was taken to a hospital and was last listed in fair condition, Gonzalez said.

Authorities are looking for a man who was seen holding the baby, officials said.

Surveillance video obtained by KRIV shows the moment the baby was left on a small bridge, and a man can be seen running away.

“The baby was a newborn, still had a fresh placenta on the baby, so it was freshly born this morning,” Juan Garcia, of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office’s Child Abuse Unit, told the news outlet.

Authorities are asking anyone with information to call 713-830-3250 or Crime Stoppers of Houston at 713-222-TIPS (8477).

Katy is about a 30-mile drive west of Houston.