Police Locate Mother of Three Children Abandoned in Oregon Shed

By Elizabeth Chuck, MSNBC

Credit: KGW-TV

Three small children were found abandoned in a shed in Portland, Ore., on Thursday and were taken into protective custody as police try to identify them and find their parents.

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    Three small children were found abandoned in a shed in Portland, Ore., on Thursday and were taken into protective custody as police try to identify them and find their parents.

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May 25, 2012 Updated May 25, 2012 at 2:52 PM PDT

The mother of three children found abandoned in a shed in Portland, Oregon on Thursday has been located, police said Friday.

"We thank everyone who helped with information," the department said in a statement. "We do not need any additional tips. There will be no more details released about this case as it is still under investigation."

The oldest of the kids, a boy, is approximately 3 years old. A girl, about 2, and an infant girl, believed to be somewhere between 8 and 15 months, were found with the boy Thursday morning, authorities said.

Around 9:30 a.m., a man called 911 to report hearing children's voices from a shed behind his house in Southeast Portland. The shed was on the property of a vacant residence, police said in a statement.

Officers said there were homeless people "on the premises" who told them the children were abandoned there the night before by a woman they believed to be their mother.

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