Trucker finds abandoned 1-year-old boy alive along highway a day after his sibling was found dead, authorities say

A truck driver discovered a 1-year-old alive in a ditch off an interstate highway in Louisiana, a day after the boy’s 4-year-old brother was found dead nearby. Authorities suspect the children were abandoned during tropical storm conditions. The boys’ mother, a resident of Louisiana, has been arrested in Mississippi and faces charges of murder and abandonment. The truck driver who found the 1-year-old is being praised. An investigation began when the 4-year-old boy’s body was found floating in water behind a rest stop. The 1-year-old was found alive along the same highway. The mother has not yet been assigned an attorney.