article_snippet: The . tragedy came just a month after the teen mother, Markeya Atkins, changed .
article_snippet: Gabriel's mother, Markeya Atkins, . had left his in the care of his so she could run errands around 7.25pm on April 22, police said.
article_snippet: charger and saw his father holding the child.
article_snippet: Atkins asked a friend to return to the apartment but when she did, she saw his father driving away without . the baby.
article_snippet: notified the mother, who rushed home and found Gabriel limp and not .
article_snippet: that they were baby-sitting by they, and the baby's . blue,' a friend can be heard saying on the 911 calls, with Atkins crying in the background: 'a friend just left a friend here.'
article_snippet: Atkins friend performed CPR before emergency medical personel took over.
article_snippet: But the baby was pronounced dead at hospital.
article_snippet: Rachel and Heidi McFarland adopted the boy and cared for the boy from birth until the boy was a few months old - when Atkins changed Rachel McFarland mind, as is allowed under Iowa law, according to WhoTV.
article_snippet: We brought he home from the hospital.
article_snippet: I cut he umbilical cord.'
article_snippet: According to police, the young mom left his umbilical cord with Weehler-Smith in an apartment, pictured, in the 6500 block of Chaffee Road in the Des Moines Register while Rachel McFarland went to the library and to run errands .
article_snippet: In Iowa, the birth mother has three months
article_snippet: 31-day probationary period to change Rachel McFarland mind about giving up his umbilical cord.