WICHITA, Kan. (AP) Authorities have arrested a 26-year-old mother suspected of abandoning her 2-week-old baby inside a Wichita Wal-Mart. The Wichita Eagle reports that the woman roamed around the store between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. yesterday before leaving the infant behind inside a child carrier. The woman was booked on suspicion of a child abandonment charge, along with an unrelated felony warrant. The infant was taken into police protective custody.
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