LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Lincoln police says no charges have been
filed against a woman who dropped her three children off at a
hospital, saying someone needed to take them from her or she would
kill them.
The Lincoln Journal Star says Wednesday the children were taken
to Child Protective Services. Police say the woman took them to the
hospital on Sunday. According to court records, she planned to
drive her car into a lake, with the children inside the vehicle.
Officer Katie Flood says the mother was admitted to a hospital
for treatment.
Nebraska approved a “safe haven” law in 2008 to protect
newborns from being abandoned. It didn’t include an age limit and
led to a rash of older children being left at hospitals. The
Legislature then added a 30-day age limit.