Westlake police: Newborn baby found still attached to unconscious mother, who gave birth in hotel

Описание: The parents of a newborn baby are facing child endangerment charges after Westlake police say the mother was found unconscious while still attached to the infant's umbilical cord.

According to a release, members of the Westlake Police Department and Westlake Fire Department were dispatched to the WestSpring Inn on Sperry Road at approximately 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday.

Officers learned that a woman was walking her dog in the parking lot of the hotel when she noticed another woman lying in the grass unconscious. The woman turned out to be a nurse who works in the NICU unit at MetroHealth, according to a Westlake police report.

"Most alarming was that this unconscious woman still had a newly born infant attached to her via the baby's umbilical cord. The baby was crying laying face down in the grass," Westlake police noted in the release.

The nurse walking the dog attempted several times to wake up the new mother before "she revived." Then, the nurse told police she asked the hotel staff to call 911, then cut the umbilical cord and cared for the baby until Westlake EMS arrived.

As EMS took care of the mother and baby, police began its investigation of the scene.

Officers say the mother of the baby is 42-year-old Chanel Catherine Mueller, a Cleveland resident who was staying at the hotel with 35-year-old John D. Bratsch from Westlake.

Jiovanni Lieggi reports: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/cri... --

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