An 18-year-old woman was arrested in Idaho after a newborn baby girl was found dead in a Safe Haven Baby Box at a medical center. Officials say the baby was deceased before being placed in the box, and the teen faces charges for failure to report a death.
A newborn baby girl was removed from the Safe Haven Baby Box at the Grove Creek Medical Center on Oct. 13 in Blackfoot. Officials say she was dead before she was placed in the box.The newborn baby girl was removed from the box at the medical center “within a minute” after a medical team responded to an alarm notifying them that an infant had been placed there on Oct. 13.
Following an investigation, 18-year-old Angel N. Newberry of Twin Falls was arrested Thursday for failure to report a death to law enforcement and the coroner, according to online records. The teen was booked into the Bingham County Jail."Due to the sensitive nature of the ongoing investigation and the potential for further criminal charges, we are limited in the information we can provide," police said.
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