Baby girl found dead in "safe haven" box at Idaho hospital

Police are investigating after the body of a baby girl was found at a southeastern Idaho hospital in a "safe haven" box meant for people to anonymously give up a newborn, officials said Monday.

Police officers in Blackfoot, Idaho, about 250 miles east of Boise, responded on Oct. 13 to a report of a deceased infant left in the Safe Haven Baby Box at Grove Creek Medical Center, CBS affiliate KBOI-TV reported.

Monica Kelsey, the founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes, said in a social media post Monday that hospital staff responded within one minute to an alarm indicating a baby was in the box, which was installed earlier this year. The staff quickly realized that the infant had died before being placed inside.