Anderson County (WVLT) -- Oak Ridge police and the district attorney have not yet confirmed if anyone will face criminal charges in the death of a baby boy.

They say one reason is because they must wait until a medical examiner can tell them how and when the baby died

Police have also not revealed any of the names involved.

What they have said is that the baby's mother is home from college for the holidays and her mother has told investigators that she did not know her daughter was pregnant until after she'd given birth.

Shannon McCloud of a Secret Safe Place for Newborns doesn't know the specifics.

However she is one of many service providers and law officers wanting to know why a college student would have her baby at home, when a full service birthing center is as close as Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge.

“At least some one has options for where she can bring a baby,” McCloud said, “safely and anonymously.

For six years, Tennessee's Safe Haven Law has offered new mothers a way to give up their babies, without being charged with abandonment.

To do so all they have to do is leave the child unharmed at a hospital, clinic or other medical facility within three days of birth.

The law urges caregivers to try to get information, such as a medical history and the names of the baby’s father and mothers names.

But even then, the mother is not obligated to answer.

“We've gotten posters and brochures to all the middle schools, high schools, colleges and university,” McCloud said.

Since Maryville's Secret Safe Place for Newborns opened, it has started serving as a clearinghouse for information about the Safe Haven Law.

Over the same time, volunteers have helped bring 10 newborns into care.

"It's a challenge to reach to everybody that we need to, but that's what we're going to do eventually," McCloud said.

Meanwhile, Oak Ridge police have questioned the baby’s mother, but remain mostly mum.

They have said the mother told them that she took the body to the office of her mother's doctor on Thursday morning and that an ambulance took the body to the medical examiner's office early that afternoon.

It’s not even clear whether they believe the baby was stillborn or if he died shortly after birth.

A Secret Safe Place offers a hot line for mothers that are considering giving up their newborns through the Safe Haven Law.

The number is 1-866-699-SAFE.