Nashville man finds baby girl left in front of his house

Metro police are investigating the case of an infant left in a South Nashville front yard.

A man found a newborn baby girl about 6 p.m. Friday as he worked in his yard at 407 McDonald Drive, police said.

Contacted Saturday at home, the man, Joel Stitt, said he was speaking only to police.

The baby was sunburned but otherwise unhurt. She was taken to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt for observation and then given to the Department of Children's Services.