The woman police believe gave birth inside a West Springfield motel and then abandoned her baby is found hiding out with a friend in Holyoke.

On the run for five days, the mother was found and arrested at a Holyoke apartment Thursday morning. "I'm the one that gave birth to her baby. I was there from first to last and know she didn't abandon the baby," said Julio Reyes. Reyes says he has been good friends with Tara Anderson for a few years. He was with her when she gave birth to a baby girl Friday night at the Welcome Inn, in West Springfield.

Reyes says Anderson didn't abandon her baby, but left her with a caretaker. "She left it with someone responsible, but I can't say who," said Reyes.

He says Anderson has been staying with him in Holyoke since just after she gave birth. Reyes says she didn't go to police because she already had a warrant out for her arrest. "All I know is she did what was right for her not to get into trouble," said Reyes. But it is not what was right for her newborn, as police charged her with infant abandonment and reckless endangerment. She did not resist when police arrested her Thursday morning. "Police came, knocked on the door, I thought it was a friend. I let them in and they arrested her," said Reyes.

The baby is in good condition in state custody. Anderson has two other children who have been living with family. Anderson will be arraigned in Springfield District court on Friday.