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Sources: Dad of abandoned baby will turn himself in

The father at the center of the sensational case of the 6-month-old baby girl abandoned at a Queens firehouse has told police he wants to turn himself in, Newsday has learned.

Carlos Rodas has spoken by telephone to detectives and says he feels he did nothing wrong by handing over his daughter, Daniella Perez, to cabbie Klever Sailema last Thursday, police sources said.

Rodas wants...

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