Syracuse, N.Y. - Were learning more about that missing mother and child incident in Syracuse yesterday.
Police were called when Alice Fenton left a Family shelter with her 5 month old child after making suicidal statements.
Police say Fenton returned to the shelter without the child. A missing child alert was activated.
The baby girl was found abandoned at the Salt City Market on South Salina street.
Police say the Father, 26 year old Justin Hughes had taken the child, left her at the market and fled.
A warrant was requested for Hughes for Assault in the Third Degree, Criminal Contempt in the First Degree, and Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
Fenton was treated for injures suffered from Hughes.
The child is in Protective Custody.
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