No arrest yet in case of 9-month-old girl found in trash

photo by: Mike Yoder

Law enforcement officers stand guard at an apartment complex in the 2500 block of West Sixth Street, where police say an infant was found in a trash receptacle early Thursday, July 7, 2016.

No updates were available Monday in the case of a 9-month-old girl found in a trash receptacle early Thursday morning at a Lawrence apartment complex.

Just before 2:30 a.m. Thursday police received a report that the infant was left in the trash at an apartment complex in the 2500 block of West Sixth Street, said Lawrence Police Sgt. Amy Rhoads. The baby suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to a Kansas City area hospital in serious but stable condition.

The apartments in the complex are owned and managed by Country Club on 6th.

Police did not say precisely where the infant was found, but multiple residents said the apartments all share a centralized dumpster that compacts trash.

On Friday, Rhoads said no arrests had been made regarding the case and that police were in contact with the infant’s parents, continuing their investigation.

Lawrence Police Department representatives did not respond to an inquiry Monday morning asking for an update on the case.

Further information was not immediately available.