A woman has been arrested four years after a newborn baby was found abandoned in a plastic bag.
Karima Jiwani, 40, faces a number of charges in the US state of Georgia, including criminal attempt to commit murder, aggravated assault, reckless abandonment and cruelty to children in the first degree, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities have said that Jiwani, who was arrested on Thursday, is the baby’s biological mother.
The baby – later named India – was found in a wooded area in Cumming, Georgia, on the night of 6 June 2019, after two teenage girls heard the sound of her crying.
A video of the discovery was made public shortly after she was found, as officials appealed to the public for help to find the girl’s parents or why she was abandoned.
In the footage, deputies are seen removing the baby from the plastic bag and wrapping her in a blanket.
She was given first aid, and taken to a local hospital, before later being placed in the care of a foster family.
