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   Brianna Moore   
      
   TAMPA, Fla. - Police found a dead baby wrapped in a towel and discarded in a   
   garbage bin near a dorm at the University of Tampa on Sunday night.   
      
   According to the Tampa Police Department, officers located a dead baby wrapped   
   in a towel and placed in a garbage bin at around 7 p.m. near McKay Hall.   
      
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   TPD located the child's mother, who police said is a UT student, and took her   
   to a nearby hospital.   
      
   "The loss of a child is always a tragedy," said Chief Lee Bercaw. "As our   
   department actively investigates this incident, we want all expectant mothers   
   to know there are resources available."   
      
   Video from late Sunday night showed TPD forensic teams near the dorm, a   
   residence hall sitting in the middle of campus and housing first-year students.   
      
   Just before midnight, students received a campus alert text message warning   
   students of the investigation near McKay Hall, telling them to avoid the area,   
   and assuring them there was no threat to the university community.   
      
   The Tampa Police Department released the following statement on the incident:   
      
   "The Tampa Police Department reminds the community that Florida has a Safe   
   Haven Law, which allows parents to anonymously surrender an unharmed newborn   
   infant seven days old or younger to any Fire Station, EMS station, or hospital   
   staffed by full-time    
   emergency medical technicians, paramedics, or firefighters. There will be no   
   questions asked, and no charges will be filed for surrendering a newborn under   
   the Safe Haven Law unless the infant has signs of abuse or neglect."   
      
   Nick Silverio, the founder of A Safe Haven for Newborns, said he hopes   
   incidents like this put the spotlight on the state's Safe Haven Law and the   
   help available for struggling new and prospective mothers.   
      
   "We provide so many services that are offered at no cost to help the moms   
   confidentially with counseling, shelters, maternity homes, providing temporary   
   motel stays, if that's the case," said Silverio. "Help with abuse issues with   
   transportation services,   
    taking to medical appointments and connecting to Medicaid, also in the   
   partnership with the hospitals and the fire departments of placing the newborn   
   in the arms of a staff member at a designated safe haven location. So it just   
   absolutely breaks our    
   heart."   
      
   A Safe Haven for Newborns can be reached at 1-877-767-2229. To reach the   
   organization online, click here.   
      
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