World News | Baby Who Disappeared from Vienna Hospital Ward Has Been Found Dead. Her Mother Arrested

Vienna, Nov 22 (AP) The body of a newborn baby who was reported missing from a neonatal ward at a hospital in Vienna was found on Friday in a garbage container near the building, police said. The infant's mother was arrested as a suspect.

Staff noticed that the baby had disappeared from the ward at the hospital in the Austrian capital's Favoriten district on Thursday morning and raised the alarm. A large-scale search of the entire hospital grounds, involving dogs and drones, failed to find the infant and the search was halted.

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Officers expanded the search area after interviewing the baby's mother during the night, police spokesperson Anna Gutt said. The body of the girl, who was a few days old, was found Friday morning outside the hospital grounds.

An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death. The mother, a 30-year-old Austrian citizen, was arrested. (AP)

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