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August 18, 2003
An 8-month-old boy was found on a West Baltimore street with a cord wrapped around his neck and a rat-tailed comb lodged in his throat early yesterday -- an incident that is being investigating as child abuse, city police said.
The infant, Shelton Miller, was in serious condition and breathing with the help of a ventilator at University of Maryland Medical Center's pediatric intensive care unit, police said.
At 6:07 a.m., police received a call reporting that a baby had been abandoned in the 1400 block of Mountmor Court. When officers arrived, the baby was being comforted by an unidentified person who had found him and removed the cord. Police initially took the baby to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where the comb was removed. The baby had been in the care of his 64-year-old grandmother. No charges had been filed as of last night, police said.
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