Authorities are calling on the public for help with any information about the child.
A newborn baby girl is in a stable condition after authorities found her buried alive in a hole in Los Angeles on Friday.
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When the deputies arrived, they heard "a baby's muffled cry," the department said.
The deputies searched through the brush and found the child buried alive in a crevice under rubber and asphalt.
"Deputies removed the pieces of asphalt and debris and rescued the baby from the crevice," the department said. "The baby was wrapped in a blanket and cold to the touch."
The baby is now in a stable condition after she was rushed to the hospital. On Saturday, deputies said they believed she was just 36-48 hours old.
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They are urging anyone who can help to contact the department.
The department also said that Los Angeles has safe haven laws that allow any mother or father to drop a baby off at a fire station or hospital without being questioned.
"Sadly, babies are sometimes harmed or abandoned by parents who feel that they're not ready or able to raise a child, or don't know there are other options," the statement said. "Many of these mothers or fathers are afraid and don't know where to turn for help. There's a better choice, surrender your baby."
It comes after a newborn was discovered last week in a church nativity scene in Queens, New York.
The mother of that baby was later found, but officials said they would not press charges because she "followed the spirit" of New York's safe haven laws by leaving the infant at a church where she thought the child would be safe.
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