A good Samaritan who went outside to grab a delivery found two infant girls who were dumped in a ditch near his Indiana home after the car they were in was stolen.

INDIANAPOLIS — A man who left his home to get a package found two baby girls strapped in their car seats sitting in a ditch. The temperatures were below freezing at the time when Robert Deane found them near his Indianapolis home, the Indy Star reported.

Two baby girls who were in the back seat of a vehicle stolen early on Monday have been found safe in a ditch in southeast Indianapolis, authorities said. The infants, a 4-month-old and a 5-month-old,

A routine parcel pickup turned into a life-altering moment for Robert Deane when he stumbled upon two infants abandoned in the freezing cold, igniting a community's concern.

Shortly before noon, officers located the stolen vehicle. The babies were not inside and the suspect was gone.

An Indianapolis man who went out to pick up some packages stumbled across two baby girls abandoned in a ditch in below-freezing temperatures after their family car was stolen, police said. Robert Deane had gone out of his house to check if his mail arrived Monday morning when he spotted two car seats tossed in a local ditch,