<div><p>Out for an evening walk, a woman heard a noise and went to investigate the cause of it. What she found hidden in the grass of a neighbors home took her by surprise.</p><p>Armed with her cellphone light, she revealed a 3-month-old baby boy in a sleeper laying in the grass. </p><p>She immediately called Lakewood Police Department who rushed to the scene.</p><div><figure><a href="http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/22572-abandoned-baby-found-crying-in-the-grass-by-stranger" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/22572-1.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/22572-1_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/04/22572-1_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/22572-abandoned-baby-found-crying-in-the-grass-by-stranger" target="_blank">Inside Edition</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>"In my 26 years of law enforcement I don't think I've seen a child abandoned in a yard like this," <a href="http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/22572-abandoned-baby-found-crying-in-the-grass-by-stranger">said</a> Lt. Chris Lawler. "It's extremely fortunate that somebody was going by and got to the child before his core temperature dropped or something else happened."</p><p>The child was taken to hospital and later placed in the care of Child Protective Services.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Original attempts to locate the child's parents failed, but hours later the police detained an unidentified couple. </p><p>The mother later admitted to taking drug that made her paranoid and then left the baby behind. </p><p>"She said she grabbed her baby and ran from the residence because she thought she was being chased," Lawler added. "She admitted to leaving the baby in a front yard and hoping someone would find him."</p><p></p></div>