A newborn baby girl was left in front of a suburban Phoenix home, her umbilical cord still attached. "At this point, our detectives have kind of exhausted all of our initial possible leads that we had," Mesa police spokesman Steve Berry said at a news conference. "We have had no success in locating either Mom or Dad for this child."

James and Roseanne McCulloh said that their son spotted a baby carrier on top of an irrigation box on Tuesday morning, while he was standing on the front porch. He then gently removed a metal panel that was on top of it. "I saw him jump 20 feet, and he said 'There's a baby in it,' " Roseanne McCulloh said. "I ran over there. She wasn't blue. I touched her little arm, and I opened up the blanket. She was just beautiful."

Investigators do not believe that the mother gave birth at any hospital. Berry said no medical facility would have let an infant leave with "a full umbilical cord attached."

Arizona has a Safe Haven Law that allows a person to leave a newborn at certain locations such as fire stations, hospitals and churches without fear of criminal prosecution. Police are wondering why the parents essentially left the baby on the sidewalk when there is a fire station about half a mile away, Berry said.

"Fortunately, the homeowner did happen to come out to the house and discovered the baby," he said.

By Premji