There's new details in the story of a child first believed to be abandoned outside in west-end Toronto, a mere 30 minutes after it was born.
The way the story was first reported by police was that the baby was rushed to hospital after being found outside in the cold, behind a building near Keele and Lawrence and wrapped in a blanket.
Hours later, they reported that they'd found the mother, and she was getting treatment at a local hospital.
But now, a police source has told our sister station at CP24, that the whole story was fabricated.
The source said that the woman was visiting family at the Redberry Parkway home at the time of the birth.
The woman, who is under 20 years old, had the baby at a home, not far from the plaza. She'd reportedly kept the pregnancy a secret.
According to a police source that spoke with CP24, investigators have determined that the baby’s mother had kept her pregnancy a secret from her family and gave birth to the baby alone inside a home on Redberry Parkway on Tuesday morning.
The source said the woman, believed to be under the age of 20, called police as soon as she gave birth and made up the story about finding the baby behind the plaza.
The baby, which still had his umbilical cord, was taken to hospital via emergency run and was initially listed in serious but stable condition, though his condition was later downgraded to critical. The source told CP24 that it is their understanding that the woman received no medical care throughout her pregnancy.
The Children’s Aid Society is awaiting instructions from police and will attend Humber River Hospital, where the baby is receiving treatment, once notified.
At that point, the CAS will formally “apprehend” the baby.
with files from CP24