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ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A baby girl will be put up for adoption after she was anonymously surrendered to a drop-off box in Mehlville for newborns whose parents are unable to care for them, officials said Monday. The baby, a healthy newborn, was placed Thursday in a “Safe Haven Baby Box” at a Mehlville Fire Protection District station, Chief Brian Hendricks said. The baby was in the box for less than a minute before she was retrieved by paramedics and taken to a hospital and then to state child welfare services to await adoption. “To that mother, I would like to say that we loved that baby and …

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