2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
A 23-year-old woman is behind bars in Colorado, where authorities have accused her of murdering her newborn baby, People magazine confirms.
A statement from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office says a dead baby was found Tuesday night in the yard of his residence.
"The information received states that a citizen reported sighting what he believed to be a lifeless baby abandoned in the yard of his residence" in Highlands Ranch, according to the statement.
According to police, the baby still had the umbilical cord attached to his body.
After investigating all the leads, the detectives who went to the scene identified Camille Wasinger-Konrad as a "suspect" in the boy's murder.
The statement does not indicate what led investigators to Wasinger-Konrad.
Agents arrested Wasinger-Konrad on suspicion of murdering her newborn baby.
She remains in custody at the Douglas County Detention Center without bond.
The cause and manner of death has not yet been determined, but an autopsy is underway at the Douglas County Medical Examiner's Office.
"It is in an open and active investigation," the statement continued, which also noted that the evidence gathered by authorities against Wasinger-Konrad had been released to prosecutors. "We have applied for the first-degree murder charge for Wasinger-Konrad."
Wasinger-Konrad has not pleaded guilty and it was not yet known Thursday whether he had hired an attorney who can speak on his behalf.
The statement from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office ends with a reminder that the Colorado Safe Haven Law allows a parent to deliver a baby up to 72 hours old to an employee of any fire station or hospital without being ask you questions.
As long as the child is safe and sound, the parent will not be charged with neglect.
Translated by Carmen Orozco
This article originally appeared on People.com
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