Niamh Shackleton
A teenager girl told her mom she's 'found' a newborn baby on their porch, but the truth soon came to light.
On Thanksgiving, Kira Peoples was at a family member's house while her 16-year-old daughter Peyton was on her own at home.
But Kira returned home to find more than just Peyton at her property: her daughter was there with a newborn baby that she alleged that been dumped on their porch.
Kira proceeded to take to social media to ask for people's help and donations for clothes for the tot. They also called 911 and Detroit police took Peyton to hospital so that she could be ruled out as the baby's mother.
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At the hospital Peyton then confessed that the baby was actually hers. She didn't know she was pregnant and had given birth to her son, whom she's named Paxton, on the toilet.
Peyton was 'terrified' at the time so spun the tale to her mom about the baby being abandoned at their door.
Speaking about why she initially lied to her mom, Peyton said told Fox 2 Detroit: "It's hard. It was already hard for her to raise us, and that just added another burden on her back, and I didn't want to do that."
But Kira sees baby Paxton as a 'blessing' but was sad that her young daughter gave birth on her own.
Discussing them moment she gave birth, Peyton recalled: "I was laying in bed and my water broke, so I went into the bathroom and had Paxton.
"I cleaned him off and then looked up on TikTok how to cut my umbilical cord. I cut the cord and then wiped him off again."
As Kira is already a single mother of four kids, and Peyton is still in school, the family have created a GoFundMe page to help raise money towards little Paxton's future and to support the rest of the family. At the time of writing over $25,000 has been raised.
The bio penned by Kira reads: "Our family is facing a situation we never saw coming. My 16-year-old daughter Peyton recently gave birth at home without knowing she was pregnant. She was scared and alone, and in her panic, she told me that someone had left a baby on our porch.
"We called the police, and the baby was taken to the hospital. When officers asked us to come in to rule out any connection, she finally broke down and told the truth."
She continued: "Baby Paxton was never on the porch at any point. He is a healthy baby boy.
"I plan to work the midnight shift while my daughter Peyton goes back to school so we can both take care of the new blessing."
If you would like to donate to the fundraiser, you can do so here.