Baby found on doorstep of London, Ont., home. Police looking for mother [Video]

As officials look for the mother of a newborn found on London, Ont., porch, the woman on whose stoop the baby boy was found is telling her story.

“I have empathy for the mom, for sure,” said Bria Vanier, who lives on Sterling Street near Oxford Street in the city’s east end. She says the newborn was wrapped in a flannel blanket. 

“I think this was someone who was in a lot of pain to give up their child. It was someone who was desperate.”

A passerby heard the newborn’s cries early Wednesday afternoon and called 911, police said.

Two officers knocked on Vanier’s door, asking if the baby belonged to anyone in her home.

“I opened the door and there’s two cops standing there and a baby on the doormat, wrapped up in a blanket. It was a little surprising,” she said.

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