Sometimes we have to be reminded that there are good people out there. In this case, Matthew Hegedus-Stewart was the beneficiary of some kind folks who took in and adopted an abandoned baby – and of the South Bend, Indiana, cop who, in 2000, responded to a call concerning a baby abandoned and left in a box.
Now, 24 years later, the South Bend cop and Hegedus-Stewart are enjoying an unexpected reunion.
Gene Eyster, a retired police lieutenant, cannot drive past one specific apartment complex here without reliving that strange day 24 years ago.
“That was one of the strangest calls I think I’ve ever had: ‘We have a found baby in a box,'” Eyster, a 47-year veteran of the department, told CBS News. “You always wonder, what happened?”
On Dec. 22, 2000, a newborn was found abandoned in a common hallway. For Eyster, the case of the “Baby Boy Doe,” swaddled in cardboard and blankets, didn’t…
