Teen arrested after dead infant found in Idaho hospital’s ‘baby box’

An 18-year-old has been arrested much than a period aft a dead babe was recovered successful a “baby box” astatine an Idaho infirmary successful mid-October, authorities said Friday.

Angel Newberry was taken into custody successful Twin Falls connected a felony apprehension warrant for failing to study a decease to instrumentality enforcement officials and the coroner, the Blackfoot Police Department said successful a quality release.

Her apprehension followed a astir six-week probe conducted by metropolis and region officials.

On Oct. 13, constabulary responded to the Grove Creek Medical Center successful Blackfoot aft reports of a dead babe who had been recovered by aesculapian unit successful a Safe Haven Baby Box. The bassinet is intended for parents to safely and anonymously “surrender a newborn nether 30 days aged without ineligible repercussions,” which Idaho instrumentality allows “provided the kid is unharmed.”

Safe Haven Baby Box laminitis Monica Kelsey said successful a connection shared connected societal media that infirmary unit responded instantly to an alarm indicating a babe had been placed successful the box, but they rapidly discovered the babe had died agelong earlier being placed successful the bassinet.

According to Kelsey, the babe had been “wrapped successful a broad with the placenta inactive attached.”

Blackfoot constabulary said they tin lone merchandise constricted accusation astatine this clip owed to the delicate quality of the probe and “the imaginable for further transgression charges.”