Mother says ‘sewer baby’ fell into toilet

The mother of the Chinese baby trapped in a sewer pipe in an ordeal caught on video raised the initial alarm and was present for the entire two-hour rescue but did not admit giving birth until confronted by police.

The state-run, Hangzhou-based newspaper Dushikuaibao said police became suspicious when they found baby toys and blood-stained toilet paper in the 22-year-old woman’s rented room, in the building where Saturday’s rescue occurred in eastern China.

The woman, whose name was not revealed, confessed when police asked her to undergo a medical checkup.