1-day-old LA baby found dead outside Woodland Hills home

LOS ANGELES - A baby girl believed to be a day old was found dead outside a home in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley neighborhood, authorities said. 

Sources close to the investigation told FOX 11 the baby had not been carried full-term. 

Authorities said a woman in her early 20s went to Woodland Hills Medical Center for medical treatment on Tuesday evening. Officials said she was bleeding and it was apparent she had just given birth or had a miscarriage.

Medical personnel then contacted the Los Angeles Police Department since the patient did not have a baby with her. LAPD officers were then sent to a home in the 23000 block of Burbank Boulevard in Woodland Hills around 6 p.m. where they made a gruesome discovery. 

Among a pile of boxes and a trash can, officers found a baby unresponsive. She was pronounced dead at the scene. 

The woman was interviewed for hours. However, she was not taken into custody. 

FOX 11 spoke to the woman's attorney, who said she was cooperating fully with investigators. Her attorney, Tiffany Feder, released the following statement, "This was a terrible accident. My client suffered a miscarriage. We shall let the investigators do their job and are confident the truth shall come out."