Albuquerque Police Officer Ryan Holets has adopted a baby from a homeless heroin addict after a chance encounter.
Credit: Holets family / CNN
On September 23, Holets responded to a possible theft at a nearby convenience store. As he left the store, he noticed out of the corner of his eye a couple sitting in the grass.
The man and woman were shooting up heroin in broad daylight.Then he noticed that the woman was pregnant.
“You’re going to kill your baby,” Holets is heard saying on the bodycam footage. “Why do you have to be doing that stuff?” It’s going to ruin your baby.”
In the video, the woman is seen breaking down in tears after hearing this.
In the course of the conversation, she emotionally told Holets that she desperately hoped someone would adopt her baby.
He made the call to not charge the couple with drug possession but he couldn’t shake the…
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