Newborn's body found in northwest Calgary parking lot

Police looking for mother as they're concerned she could be in medical distress

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Caption: Police were called to a parking lot behind the Bownesian Grocer at Bowness Road and 79th Street N.W. in Calgary at about 11:30 p.m. MT, and found a baby's body. Police want to talk to the mother of the newborn, saying she could be in medical distress. (David Bell/CBC)

A newborn's body has been found in a northwest Calgary parking lot, and police are asking for the public's help in finding the baby's mother as they're concerned she could be in medical distress.
Police were called to a parking lot behind the Bownesian Grocer at Bowness Road and 79th Street N.W. at approximately 11:30 p.m. MT Sunday.

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"Investigators believe the child could have been left there as early as the late afternoon, however, it is not clear how or when the child died," police said in a release Monday. It also said an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.
Anyone with information about the mother is asked to call Calgary police at 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers(external link) at 1-800-222-8477.