Wichita police are investigating the death of a newborn girl who was left in a trash bin at a shopping center.

Officers found the body around 11 p.m. Wednesday in trash at the Eastgate Shopping Mall.

Police said Friday they were alerted by staff at a hospital where a 17-year-old girl was admitted earlier in the week. The teen had severe hemorrhaging, and hospital staff said the teen admitted giving birth sometime in the previous week.

Investigators are not sure if the newborn girl was alive when someone took her to the mall and placed her in the trash. The teen mother remained hospitalized Friday.

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Associated Press information from KAKE TV