Video shows baby rescued after police say he was abandoned in dumpster behind apartment complex on Dashwood Drive in southwest Houston

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A video you’ll only see on ABC13 shows the moments emergency responders pulled a newborn baby out of a dumpster just before 2 p.m. Sunday.

The dumpster is located behind an apartment complex on Dashwood Drive in southwest Houston.

ABC13 is working to confirm with police the details we learned from the apartment manager.

The manager said a taco truck employee gave birth in a nearby food truck and threw the baby in the dumpster before returning to clean the mobile restaurant.

In a video taken by witnesses, emergency workers can be seen standing next to a dumpster full of rubbish, wrapping the newborn in a blanket.

In the video you can see that her hair is still damp, her umbilical cord looks fresh, and her skin still looks pink and trim.

Police said someone was walking by the dumpster shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday when they heard the baby crying and called for help. Emergency responders found the baby in a bag in the dumpster, alive and alert.

On Tuesday afternoon, ABC13 saw Houston Police Department investigators focusing their attention on the food truck where the baby was supposedly born.

Investigators took photos inside and spoke to several people who witnesses say are employees and owners.

The property manager said the truck had only been parked there for about three months.

Police said the baby was taken to a hospital, where he was found to be healthy and is now in the custody of Child Protective Services. Police are trying to determine who abandoned the baby.

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