Infant left abandoned on doorstep of Blacksburg home

Blacksburg, S.C. (AP)–A South Carolina sheriff’s office is searching for whoever abandoned a newborn baby girl by leaving her on the front porch of a home.

Cherokee County Sheriff Steve Mueller says the infant is in state custody and being treated at a neo-natal intensive care unit. According to an incident report obtained by news outlets, the newborn she was left in front of a Blacksburg home Saturday.

The homeowner told deputies,  someone rang his doorbell and when he opened the door he looked down and discovered the baby girl baby wrapped in a blanket. Medical officials say the girl weighed under 5 pounds and think she was born prematurely. The child’s exact age wasn’t given.