a newborn child has been found in a plastic bag tossed in the dumpster of a houston apartment complex .
the infant was discovered upside down in a trash bag by carlos michel , who is a grandfather , told the paper .
an infant is recovering in the hospital after being left in a large garbage bin in a southeast houston apartment complex .
it happened at the reserve at windmill lakes on almeda genoa road at around 8 a.m. tuesday .
a newborn baby with his umbilical cord still attached was barely breathing when it was found in a dumpster at an apartment complex tuesday morning , myfoxhouston.com reported .
 
i opened a white plastic garbage bag and saw the baby , " said carlos mitchell in spanish . "
police told the paper that the baby 's parents .
the so called " baby moses " law was passed to prevent incidents like this that often do n't end so well .