The woman, 24, is believed to be the child’s mother and left her son in a garbage dumpster for several days before he was discovered by a bystander, according to The Associated Press.

The bystander was outside feeding stray cats when she heard the newborn crying. She called the police, who arrived on the scene and rescued the infant.

The child is reportedly between six and 10 days old and after being taken to the hospital, was discovered to be in good health.

The mayor of Kalamata, the town where the baby was found, told state-run television that the child barely escaped death after the local garbage truck was delayed that morning. Had the truck been on time, it would have crushed the child to death.

Mayor Thanassis Vassilopoulos said the baby “was very lucky in its misfortune,” The AP reported.

The 27-year-old man who was held on Monday was one of the very 10 people interviewed during the weekend as part of the investigation into Suzanne Eaton’s slaying, officials said.

Eaton, a 59-year-old molecular biologist at the Max Planck Institute in Dresden, Germany was last seen July 2 near the port of the Crete city of Chania.

Police discovered her lifeless body last week in a man-made cave that had been used as a bunker during the Nazi occupation of Crete. The cave can be found at about six miles from where Eaton was last seen. She had been suffocated and the coroner ruled her death a “criminal act.”

ABC News on Monday cited a high-level police source as saying the suspect claimed he committed the murder and intentionally hit Eaton with his car.

The suspect, who wasn’t immediately identified, is reported to be a local farmer, who is also the father of two children, according to the Greek Reporter.

The search for Eaton involved police and volunteers who staged a massive effort to find her.

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory announced that flags would be flown at half-staff Monday in Eaton’s honor.

The 24-year-old forward born in Greece to Nigerian migrant parents reduced to tears as he beat Paul George of the Oklahoma City Thunder and James Harden of the Houston Rockets to win Most Valuable Player honors.

Antetokounmpo received 941 points and 78 first-place votes in the balloting ahead of Harden who finished second with 776 points and 23 first-place votes.