The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, July 7, 1994                 TAG: 9407070593
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Briefs 
DATELINE: HAMPTON                            LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

NEWBORN ABANDONED

A security guard making his rounds found a newborn infant in the stairwell of Sentara Hampton General Hospital on Wednesday morning, police said.

The baby boy was examined by doctors and said to be about a day old. Doctors said the infant was carried to full term, but was not born in the hospital.

The boy weighs 7 1/2 pounds, has a full head of hair, a red birth mark on his left ring finger and two dark spots on his right wrist.

Police are asking anyone with information to call 727-6111.

KEYWORDS: ABANDONED BABY by CNB