Chicago police are asking the public to help identify a young girl found abandoned on the West Side Monday night.
The girl, believed to be 2 or 3 years old, was “abandoned” by a woman in the 4300 block of West Van Buren Street around 6:50 p.m., according to a Chicago Police bulletin. The woman fled to Van Buren in a black SUV after leaving the child behind, police said.
The woman was described as black and wearing a green sweater with a brown and black leopard print scarf.
The girl, about three feet tall and weighing 20 pounds, was found wearing a pink coat with maroon and yellow stripes, a pink Mickey Mouse sweater and pink Hello Kitty shoes. She was carrying a pink Adidas backpack containing diapers and an iPad in a pink case.
Anyone with information regarding the child’s identity is asked to contact Detective Arzate of the Area 4 Special Victims Unit at 312-746-8251. The case number is JK-216767.
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