Newborn found under California freeway surrounded by meth pipes, vomit and trash
A newborn baby was found living under a California freeway overpass with his parents in a makeshift tent surrounded by suspected meth pipes, vomit, feces, rotten food and garbage.Yolo County sheriff’s deputies responded Sept.9 to a tip about a man and woman living beneath the I-5 overpass near County Road 19A with their newborn.They found 48-year-old Fernando Esparza, 29-year-old Melissa Rivera and their 7-day-old baby inside a makeshift tent directly beneath the freeway.
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The baby was assessed by medics from AMR and taken to Woodland Memorial Hospital before being transported to a Sacramento County neonatal intensive care unit for further evaluation.Detectives and Child Welfare Services responded to investigate the child’s welfare and documented what the sheriff’s office described as hazardous living conditions.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!Inside and around the tent, investigators found numerous suspected methamphetamine smoking pipes, accumulated trash, rotten food, sleeping accommodations on a dirt floor without bedding, vomit on a mattress and feces inside a baby carrier.They also found the mother’s placenta and umbilical cord inside a nearby garbage bag.The tent’s location directly beneath the freeway also exposed the newborn to “extremely loud noise” from passing traffic, according to investigators.The parents acknowledged the dangers posed to their newborn and said they had been wait...