Police Investigate Mother of Baby Found Abandoned Outside a Student Share House in Brisbane

A three-month-old girl�was found outside a student share house in Brisbane after being allegedly dumped by her mother.

Police are now investigating the mother of the infant, who was found by a student, after allegedly dumping her�baby in the student’s share house in Herston in Brisbane.

The baby was found asleep and alone on the front verandah of the house and was found by a PhD student, Long Nguyen, who was on his way to university, at around lunchtime on Sunday.

“I was about to go to school and as I walked on the front porch I discovered that there was a baby girl.�For awhile I was quite in shock”� because I really didn’t know what was going on, it took me a few minutes to just calm myself down,” he said.

Mr Nguyen�took the�baby�inside the house and called police.�”She woke up and started crying and I tried to calm her down, I turned on the TV and let her watch some cartoons, but well, that didn’t really help,” he said.

Investigators cannot tell how long the�baby�had been left outside.

Shortly after,�the�baby’s�41-year-old mother was found at�Brisbane airport along with her two-year-old child, the�Daily Mail Australia�reports.�It was not clear if she was planning to board a flight.

Seven News understands that the baby’s mother and the toddler were reported missing by the father�early Monday morning after disappearing for more than 24 hours.

A Queensland Police spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia�that the mother was then�transported to Prince Charles Hospital for a health assessment.

The baby was also taken to Lady Cilento Hospital where she was later given a clean bill of health. Mr Nguyen said he was thankful after receiving a call that the baby is okay.�”Later that day, I got a call saying she’s ok now, she’s been reunited to her extended family so I think that’s very good,” he�said.

Brisbane City CPIU is investigating the incident.

Sources:�Au.news.yahoo.com�and�Dailymail.co.uk

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