Update May 20, 2023:
Bond has been denied for Karima Jiwani, who is accused of dumping Baby India in a wooded area in Forsyth County in 2019.
During her court appearance on Saturday morning, a lawyer for 40-year-old Jiwani told the court that Jiwani suffered from postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis like “millions” of other women in this country.
FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – An arrest has been in the case of a newborn baby left in a wooded area of Forsyth County in 2019.
The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference on Friday afternoon to reveal more details about the arrest. During the press conference, Sheriff Ron Freeman announced that the 40-year-old biological mother of the child, Karima Jiwani, has been arrested.
“Baby India,” as she has been named by nurses from a list of names for abandoned babies, was left in a tied-up bag in woods near the 1900 block of Daves Creek Road in southeastern Forsyth County. Neighbor Alan Ragatz called authorities on June 6, 2019, and said he and his children heard a baby crying.
Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Freeman at the time called it “divine intervention” that they were able to find the child alive.
“This child was not left to be found,” Freeman told FOX 5 after India’s discovery.
Body-worn cameras caught the moment Deputy Terry Roper tore open the bag and found the infant with its umbilical cord still attached.
In the video, Roper is heard comforting the baby, telling her “I’m so sorry.”
“I was just apologizing for the situation,” Roper told FOX 5. “I was sorry she was dumped and abandoned.”
She was rushed to an area hospital to be checked out. The infant was in good condition. She weighed 6 pounds, 5 ounces.
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/baby-india-newborn-baby-found-plastic-bag-wooded-area-forsyth-county
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