Tip Leads Police To Woman In Abandoned Baby Case

[TexasStooge]

HURST, Texas -- A secret tip has led police to a woman who may have left her newborn baby in a trash bin.

Police say Texas Weslayan University student Amy Smith identified a picture of a classmate who had apparently told her she dropped her baby off at a hospital the same day a newborn was left in a trash bin.

Acting on that tip, police Wednesday searched the home of Dana Leslie Wilson, 24, in the 400 block of Louella Drive in Hurst.

Smith told investigators Wilson came to class at TWU last Friday looking ill. Smith said Wilson told her she had her baby that morning and that no one knew she was pregnant.

Smith said Wilson told her she took her baby to a nearby hospital.

Last Friday, a veterinarian's assistant helped rescue a newborn left in a trash bin after hearing him cry later that same day.

Investigators say they expect to link evidence from Wilson's car and home to the newborn.

"The house has not been processed. Investigators are working on the vehicle first then they'll move to the home," Sgt. Craig Teague said.

The evidence will be taken to a lab for analysis and compared with the baby's DNA.

The child is in the custody of Child Protective Services.