On May 14, about 5 p.m., Lomita Station Deputies responded to a local business located on the 2000 block of Pacific Coast Highway in the city of Lomita, regarding an abandoned infant.
Upon arrival, deputies learned that an unidentified pregnant woman had entered the store carrying the infant and asked for a taxi. The store employee arranged for a taxi while the woman went to the restroom. When the taxi arrived, the woman left the store, leaving the infant behind in a shopping cart. The woman departed in the taxi, her destination unknown.
The infant is approximately between seven and nine months old and has since been placed into the care of Department of Children and Family Services.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Lomita Sheriff’s Station at 310-539-1661. anonymously at 1-800-222-8477; http://lacrimestoppers.org.
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