Police and child protective services are investigating after an infant was found Saturday crawling across a street.

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Cory Cannon was driving to work around 6 p.m. when he stopped traffic to help a neighbor take the child home, the Star-Ledger reported.

Police told the Star-Ledger that the child might have crawled out of a door left open by an older sibling. The family was unaware the baby was missing until the infant was returned.

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Ceudy Gutierrez reads a book to her 2-year-old son, Matias, at their home in Buford, GA, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Ceudy Gutierrez is struggling to make ends meet for herself and her three young kids following her husband’s ICE arrest earlier this fall. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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