Nausheen Rahman, a 28-year-old mother delivered her baby at home, threw the baby in the trash then headed for Staten Island University Hospital on Friday. Rahman allegedly lied to her parents and family about being pregnant and they said they were unaware.
She said she gave birth to a baby girl but the baby had died. She said she was bleeding as a complication of giving birth at home, but she did not have a baby with her.
She was charged with second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse, after she told investigators that the baby was alive and moving before she cut the umbilical cord.
The body of a dead newborn baby girl was found in a garbage bag outside a Staten Island home on Saturday morning around 11.30am.
She was not granted bail because her attorney declined to request it after prosecutors described the case as 'so horrendous and reprehensible, it's mind-blowing'.
The New York Police Department said officers responded to a 911 call at a home on Richmond Hill Road in the New Springville neighborhood, just a few blocks from the Staten Island Mall, and found the newborn baby unconscious and unresponsive.
After hours of questioning, the woman said she gave birth but the baby had died and she admitted to throwing the child in the trash before going to the hospital.
The woman told hospital staff that she gave birth five days prior and 'threw away' the baby, according to the New York Post. But she later changed her story and said she gave birth on Thursday. Police sources say the nature of the newborn's death is suspicious. An autopsy will determine the cause of death.
The woman is currently in custody in the hospital, but no charges have been filed at this time.
No comments:
Post a Comment