Lifelike doll in hot car prompts police to smash window
Posted: August 18, 2016 - 5:46am

KEENE, N.H. (AP) — A lifelike baby doll prompted police in New Hampshire to smash a car window in a rescue attempt that turned out to be a false alarm.

WMUR-TV reports police in the town of Keene say someone called them last month to report an infant left in a car at a shopping plaza on a hot day. Lt. Jason Short shattered the window with his baton. He tells the station he thought he was looking at a lifeless child, but noticed something was off when he began to breathe into the baby's mouth.

The station reports the lifelike doll belongs to a Vermont woman who collects them as a way to cope with her son's death.  According to WMUR, the doll was a style of doll known as a reborn doll, manufactured to look as lifelike as possible and valued at more than $2,000.

The woman says police told her they would pay for the broken window.