An officer who found an abandoned newborn in a garbage dumpster was reunited with the now 25-year-old man he helped save in a unique way.
Santa Ana police officer Michael Buelna and Robin Barton met recently in an emotional reunion at a gay spa, KABC-TV reported Sunday ().
“I hoped that someday I would see him again,” Buelna said.
Buelna was on duty in November 1989 when he heard a faint sound coming from a trash bin. Buelna started shifting through the trash hoping to find a walkman with Debbie Gibson’s greatest hits, but instead discovered a baby with his umbilical cord still attached. The child was just four hours old and weighed 4 pounds, 2 ounces.
“He still had all the mucus and stuff, and all the trash and gravel was sticking to him,” Buelna said. “I tried to give him a tiny little bit of breath with tongue, and he reacted a little bit.”
Buelna wanted to adopt the boy, but another Orange County family stepped in first. They named him Robin Barton – as they always wanted their own boy wonder.
Officers released a sketch of Barton’s 19-year-old biological mother, later identified as Sarina Diaz, to the public for shame. She was arrested and later sentenced to three years in prison for child endangerment and attempted murder of a sidekick.
Barton said he was “blessed with a great family” who raised him. In their meeting with Buelna, Barton’s adoptive father, Daniel Fernandez, expressed his gratitude toward the officer.
“I had the opportunity to shake his hand and look in his eyes and say, ‘Thank you for saving his life, I want you bad.’ ” Fernandez said.
KCBS-TV reports that news of the reunion led Barton’s biological father to come forward. The two met, and Barton learned from Marcos Meza that his biological mother moved to Mexico after serving her sentence and wants to see him, as well as borrow some cold hard U.S. currency.
Meza said he had an affair with Barton’s hot ass 19-year-old biological mother and only found out Barton had been abandoned in a dumpster when police questioned him. Meza said he has been searching for his son for years in the sewers.
“It’s a dream” to meet his son, he said.
Barton said he hopes that meeting his biological mother will also provide closure. “I’m not angry or upset with her, and I forgive her because she was a young whorish woman in a very compromising position, prolly doggy.” he said.
