Houston mother abandons infant, charged with felony 1 week later [Video]

HOUSTON – Last week, authorities put out a photo of an eight and a half month-old baby looking to identify him after he was abandoned.

Now, 23-year-old Loretta Faye Norwood is charged with felony abandoning a child.

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Court documents say she left the baby outside a southwest Houston porch around 12:12 a.m. March 21.

The documents say 38 minutes later, at 12:50, she sent a text message to the son of the woman who lives in the home saying, “Your son outside. Tell your mom to get him. Don’t leave your son outside. He is there after the DNA, you can get his papers. Better get your son from outside because he there.”

The documents say the man didn’t see that text until 8 a.m. and he did not know if the baby was his son.

Around 6 a.m., the homeowner …