The Port Elizabeth Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Police Unit is urgently seeking the community's assistance in tracing the parents of a baby boy who was left at the SOS Children's home in Shauderville.
Police spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, says a couple dropped off the 4-month-old baby boy at the home at 09h30 on Thursday morning and told staff they had found the child crying at the back of a house in Jacksonville.
She says when staff asked the woman, suspected to be in her 30's, more information she shoved the infant into the arms of a staff member and they rushed off, leaving behind two bags filled with baby clothes and bottles.
Colonel Naidu says police are now investigating a case of child abandonment and are urging anyone who may recognise the child or his parents to urgently contact them.
The investigating officer is D/Sgt Kelibone Mokhatla and her number is 071 475 2327 or their nearest police station.
