A case was opened in the Moscow region after a baby was found in a trash can.

"On February 26 of this year, a woman, while in the territory of the city of Orekhovo-Zuyevo, She gave birth to a viable male child on her own. Then she put it in a plastic bag and left it in a dumpster," the committee said.

The regional Prosecutor's office took control of the establishment of the circumstances of the incident. The baby was hospitalized in the hospital, his life and health are not in danger. His mother is wanted.

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Earlier, on February 12, it was reported that a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Krasnoyarsk href="https://iz.ru/1837968/2025-02-12/v-krasnoiarske-shkolnitca-rodila-i-vybrosila-mladentca-v-musornyi-bak " target="_blank">gave birth to a baby and threw it in the trash. A criminal case has been opened against her on the grounds of a crime under Article 106 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Murder of a newborn child by a mother").