A newborn abducted from a hospital in Lubbock, Texas, was found safe in New Mexico on Sunday, police said.

Four-day-old Mychael Darthard-Dawodu was in good condition after being discovered at a home in Clovis, N.M. Transportation was being arranged to return the baby to Texas, said Lubbock police Lt. Scott Hudgens.

Mychael Darthard-Dawodu who was abducted Saturday from Covenant Lakeside Hospital, in Lubbock, Texas, by a woman posing as a hospital employee, police say.
(Lubbock Police Dept.,/Associated Press)

The infant was taken from Covenant Lakeside Hospital early Saturday by a woman posing as a medical worker, police said.

The woman walked out of the facility with the five-pound baby hidden in her purse, police said.

The abduction sparked a search and multiple Amber Alerts in Texas and New Mexico. Tips about the abduction came in from across the region and the country, Hudgens told the Associated Press.

Lubbock police had contacted authorities in Clovis after receiving a tip that a person matching the suspect's description was seen in that city, about 160 kilometres northwest of Lubbock.

Hospital surveillance footage showed a woman wearing blue and flower-print hospital scrubs and a grey, puffy jacket with a hood walking out of the hospital around 1:20 a.m. Saturday.

The 21-year-old woman was taken into custody Sunday morning, police said.

The baby was jaundiced, but Hudgens did not have any other information on her medical condition. Jaundice is a common complication in newborns in which a buildup of pigment in the blood causes a yellowing of the skin.

The abductor had gone into Mychael's mother's room several times before the baby was taken, telling her the baby needed tests, said Covenant Health System vice-president Gwen Stafford.