[SHOCKING] Teenager Kills Her Newborn Baby Because He Looked Like Her Ex-Boyfriend
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niajahomenewz reporter: |
According to the Chicago Tribune, Ana Rosa
Mora, 18, gave birth to a full-term baby boy, disposed of the
still-living child outside, and then went back to bed.
The baby was discovered by a construction
worker hours later who called police. The baby had already died by the
time officers arrived.
According to prosecutors, Mora killed her baby out of fear her
boyfriend would leave her if he discovered that the father of the child
was her ex-boyfriend.Suspicions about Mora arose after staff members at her high school noticed on Monday that she’d recently given birth. Mora showed them a photo of a baby girl on her iPad claiming it was hers, according to Assistant State’s Attorney Glen Runk. The photo turned out to be a picture of a baby downloaded from the Internet.
Mora mentioned the discovery of the dead baby discovered near her home to the staffers and asked whether police had the right to take DNA from people in her house and whether the DNA would show who the child’s mother was.
A school staff member called police who interviewed Mora, before taking her into custody and charging her with murder.
According to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, the baby — found in the shopping bag with the placenta and umbilical cord — was born alive and died of asphyxia and exposure.
Mora had been on track to graduate high school this year with plans to attend college.