The mother who smuggler her new born baby out of a hospital, Rosa Maria Santana, has been indicted on one count of child abuse,.
According to the Phoenix Police Department, on July 12, 2023, at about 11:40 a.m. officers responded to a hospital near 24th Street and Roosevelt Street for a missing child call. Officers learned that the 24-year-old Santana placed her newborn son into a duffle bag and left the hospital against medical advice.
The newborn victim was actively receiving medical treatment at the hospital and without it, the victim’s condition could be life threatening.
Detectives began to investigate active leads that led them to an apartment complex located near 71st Avenue and Indian School Road. Baby Santana was safely recovered from an apartment and taken back to the hospital to continue his medical treatments.
Santana was also located in that apartment.