Police may have found a young woman who gave birth and disappeared before another woman arrived at West Penn Hospital yesterday with a newborn infant who wasn't hers.

Wilkinsburg police this afternoon went to Andrea Curry-Demus' apartment on Ella Street and reportedly found a body of dead woman, lying face down with her hands bound together with tape.

Wilkinsburg Chief Ophelia "Cookie" Coleman said earlier today that police had issued "be on the lookout" bulletin for a 30-mile radius seeking information about the infant's mother.

Police yesterday arrested Ms. Curry-Demus and charged her with endangering the welfare of a child after she went to West Penn Hospital with a newborn. The baby was not hers, hospital personnel determined.

"We're looking for the young lady that gave birth," said Chief Coleman. "What we need is anybody who has seen, heard or knows this young lady to contact us immediately" at 412-244-2913. The woman's name is "Tina" according to Ms. Curry-Demus, and she is described as a black woman in her 20s, about 5 feet 3 inches. "She is, we feel, in danger, because she needs medical help," said Chief Coleman, adding that information from Ms. Curry-Demus is "very sketchy," and doesn't include the woman's last name or where she lives.

According to an affidavit filed in the case, Ms. Curry-Demus, 38, arrived at West Penn around 10:45 a.m. Wednesday. Hospital personnel determined that she had not just given birth and called police.

A Wilkinsburg officer interviewed her yesterday and she told him "she wanted to tell the truth about this," according to the affidavit. Ms. Curry-Demus said that she had had a miscarriage in June at her residence on Ella Street and "flushed it." She said she didn't want her mother to get upset so she started talking to another woman, "Tina," who was pregnant, about getting her baby. Ms. Curry-Demus said she gave the woman $500 then, and another $500 in July to purchase the baby. On Wednesday, Tina came to Ms. Curry-Demus with the newborn, wrapped in a towel, and gave it to her. Ms. Curry-Demus called the medics and told them it was her own child.

Chief Coleman said officers had earlier checked an apartment on Ella Street, but it may not have been Ms. Curry-Demus'. They found nothing there, she said.