Police say a mother of three newborns found in the apartment complex has been executed

ORLANDO, Fla. Orlando police say they have found the biological mother of three newborns living in an apartment complex for three years.

The babies were found in 2016, 2017 and 2019 at different thresholds. Officers learned last year via DNA evidence that the three are siblings.

The youngest baby was found in July 2019 at the Willow Key Apartments in Arnold Palmer Drive. According to a letter the baby found said the mother had left him, according to police.

In October 2017, a baby girl with a note was found in the stairwell at the Willow Key Apartments and in 2016, a baby boy was found at Buena Vista Point Apartments.

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“Since then, much more has been discovered,” Detective Frank Chisari said.

Officials said Wednesday that they had been in contact with their biological mother since the end of November and were able to locate her with a DNA match. She told authorities she had given birth to all three children herself.

Detectives have also revealed that all three babies are from the same mother and father, but they do not yet know the biological father’s identity.

“We want to help the biological mother, who we have identified, get her the services she needs, while at the same time still considering what criminal charges may be pending against her,” Chisari said.

Investigators at the Orlando Police Department say they are working with the state attorney’s office to see what charges she can lay and how she can be held accountable.

“You can not just leave your children in an apartment complex behind a threshold where they are going to take care of,” Chisari said.

He, along with Chief Orlando Rolon, stressed the Florida Safe Harbor Act, which allows newborn babies ages seven days or younger to be handed over at a hospital, medical emergency station or fire station. Parents terminate their parental rights when the baby is handed over.

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“It is very important that you continue to follow state law if you have to hand over children,” the detective said.

As for the brothers and sisters, police say all three are healthy. According to authorities, two of the children are in the same house, one has been adopted and the other is in foster care. The third is in another house.

Investigators say foster and adoptive parents worked together in the investigation.

Authorities add that this is a public criminal investigation and that the biological mother is also cooperating with detectives. They take into account her notes they left behind with the children as they discuss the matter further with the State Attorney’s Office. As of Wednesday, no charges have been filed.

“The children have been put in fantastic situations, but that is not always the case,” the OPD detective said.

Rolon asked that if anyone feels he can not accept the stress of being a parent to remember Florida law. Babies can be left in a hospital or fire station.

Click here to read more about Florida safe harbor legislation.