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Turns out Sailema and his girlfriend had colluded with the baby’s desperate father, Carlos Rodas, to unburden himself of the baby. Rodas, who is the brother of Sailema’s girlfriend, had become overwhelmed after the baby’s 14-year-old mother walked out and left him to care for their child. It was probably in the interest of avoiding scrutiny of the mother’s age that legal, responsible channels weren’t used. Now Sailema and his girlfriend, who is in the U.S. illegally and fears deportation, have been charged with falsely reporting a crime and criminal facilitation, the police are searching for the father, and the baby might end up back in the arms of the mother who abandoned her in the first place. And for us? Well, it serves us right for going against our natural impulse and believing in something. It’s back to guarded leeriness, we suppose. —Dan Amira
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