Family of abandoned Adams County baby says cocaine was in baby’s system

By Kasia Kerridge | Fox 31 News

The family of the 1-month-old baby found abandoned on the median of a busy Adams County street on Christmas morning spoke exclusively to FOX31.

According to a social media report, deputies responded to a 911 call at around 9:20 a.m. Wednesday from someone who saw the baby boy only in his diaper sitting in a car seat on a median near 7490 Pecos St. and stopped to help. The area is a busy roadway that’s near an intersection with U.S. Highway 36.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office said it had arrested the child’s biological parents and was seeking to charge them with felony child abuse. The parents were identified as Jarvis Sims, 42, and Christina Thurman, 33.

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