Authorities in Georgia have arrested a suspect in the 'Baby India' case, four years after the newborn was found abandoned in a plastic bag in the woods, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office announced.
Karima Jiwani, 40, was arrested Thursday after investigators used DNA to identify the biological parents of the child, known as"Baby India," Forsyth County Sheriff Ron Freeman said in a news conference Friday.
When police went to investigate, they found the newborn baby tied in a plastic bag, with her umbilical cord still attached. of the discovery was made public shortly after she was found, as officials appealed to the public for help locating the girl's parents or finding out why she was abandoned. In the footage, deputies are seen removing the baby from the plastic bag and wrapping her in a blanket.
Freeman said the infant was found hours before a severe thunderstorm struck Forsyth County, and described her discovery as"divine intervention."
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