A toddler was found abandoned in a stroller with the ID of the mother overnight in Larchmont Village, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
A woman called police to report a child had been abandoned near the Bank of America on Larchmont Street in the community about 5 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. The mother's ID was found inside the stroller, police said
The LAPD responded to the call at around 3 a.m. The woman who found the baby told police she was not the child’s mother.
Officers took the child to the hospital to be evaluated.
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Police later located the child's father, but the mother remained missing Wednesday afternoon.