Overview
- Hospital staff raised the alarm when a newborn went missing during a morning visit and the mother reported the baby was gone while the father was not at the ward.
- Policía Nacional agents from the UFAM unit are actively searching for the infant and the father and have not reported any arrests.
- The Generalitat Valenciana’s Dirección Territorial de Alicante has assumed tutela por desamparo for the baby and lodged an official denunciation to protect the child.
- News reports cite hospital and police sources saying the newborn tested positive for cocaine, a detail that prompted medical care and rapid social-services intervention and remains subject to the ongoing investigation.
- The case is being handled as both a criminal inquiry and a child-welfare matter with authorities continuing the search and possible legal steps to follow depending on the investigation’s findings.