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Colorado couple arrested for leaving baby on road, cocaine found in its system

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A baby boy found Christmas Day abandoned in a car seat on a busy road had cocaine in his system, according to an affidavit for his parents’ arrest. 

The mother and father of the 1-month-old baby boy were arrested Wednesday afternoon. He was found just north of the junction of Highway 36 wearing only a diaper. 

Jarvis Sims, 42, and Christina Thurman, 33, were arrested under the suspicion of  felony child abuse and had their first court appearances in Adams County Thursday morning. 

They were both issued a full no-contact order restraining them from coming in contact with the baby and were both given a $50,000 cash surety property bond. They have their next court appearances Dec. 30 in Adams County court. 

Deputies spent Christmas day searching for Thurman and Sims.

After knocking on doors, scouring nearby doorbell cameras, and running down social media citizen sightings, Adams County Sheriff’s deputies found Thurman at a McDonald’s three miles away, according Adams County Sheriff’s spokesman Adam Sherman. He said that Sims was found asleep at home in an apartment complex near the area where the baby was abandoned, according to arrest documents.

Sherman said that it was not a safe haven situation. 

“The parents were having some sort of an argument. During the argument one of them left the baby and each one of them assumed the other would take care of it,” said Sherman, who added that the infant was left alone for several minutes. 

A citizen reported finding the baby at 8:15 am. She told deputies that she saw a couple arguing at around 7400 Pecos and then witnessed a man dressed in all black set the car seat with the child in it down on the median and walk away.

According to the arrest report, when she yelled to the man, he told her “That’s her kid. Give it to her.” 

The woman took the baby to a nearby gas station and called her sister, unsure of what to do because she was wanted on warrants, the affidavit reported. Her sister then drove to the gas station and called 911. Deputies arrived at the scene around 9:20 a.m.

Doctors told deputies the baby was “healthy” but said a urine test was a presumptive positive for cocaine. The baby was transferred to the custody of human services, but the search for the child’s parents was still on.

By 1 p.m., deputies had very little to go on, and decided to put a call out for help from the public. 

Around 2:50 p.m., the Adams County Sheriff’s Office distributed an alert on X, formerly known as Twitter, showing the baby’s car seat and asking if anyone else may have seen the incident happen.  

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This is the car seat a one month old baby boy was found in Christmas morning. The child was taken to the hospital to be observed and his parents were arrested.

Courtesy photo, Adams County Sheriffs

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This is the car seat a one month old baby boy was found in Christmas morning. The child was taken to the hospital to be observed and his parents were arrested. 






The child was taken to Children’s Hospital North by ambulance and is under observation, according to an Adams County Sheriff’s spokesperson. 

A post about the incident on the Adams County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page was shared more than 1,200 times and garnered 400 comments, some offering to adopt the child. 

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Adams County Sheriffs distributed this photo of a car seat a baby boy was in when he was discovered in the median of Pecos Street Christmas morning.

Courtesy photo, Adams County Sheriffs

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Adams County Sheriffs distributed this photo of a car seat a baby boy was in when he was discovered in the median of Pecos Street Christmas morning. 






“I want to thank people who saw our social media footage. It’s sad,” said Sherman. 

 

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