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Baby Left In Drop Box Couple Towns Over So It Can’t Crawl Back

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MEHLVILLE, MO—Crossing her state’s eastern border into Illinois to find a more distant fire station, Missouri resident Eileen Fayette reportedly opted to surrender her baby in a Safe Haven Baby Box a couple towns over Wednesday so that it wouldn’t be able to crawl back. “I heard somewhere that as long as your scent is […]
https://theonion.com/baby-left-in-drop-box-couple-towns-over-so-it-cant-crawl-back/

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The Onion is a satirical news outlet focused on parody and fictional journalism that is intended to look like non-fictional journalism. So, luckily for this baby, it doesn't exist. 

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