Teenager arrested after dead baby was found wrapped in a towel on University of Tampa campus

A erstwhile Florida assemblage pupil is facing respective charges successful the decease of a newborn infant, whose assemblage was recovered wrapped successful a towel successful a trash can.

Brianna Moore, 19, has been charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, kid neglect with large bodily harm and 2 different counts including nonaccomplishment to study a death. 

State Attorney Suzy Lopez said Moore was arrested successful her location authorities of Mississippi in the municipality of Quitman and volition beryllium extradited to Florida.

An autopsy revealed however the babe miss was recovered with aggregate fractured ribs on her spine and hemorrhaging successful her lungs.

The Medical Examiner the origin of decease to beryllium homicide.  

'It breaks my bosom to cognize that this babe miss could inactive beryllium live contiguous if this pistillate had alerted authorities that she needed help. Instead, she took actions that straight pb to the decease of her newborn baby,' Lopez said. 

'This is simply a hard and nuanced lawsuit to prosecute, and our assemblage indispensable proceed to amended women astir the galore resources disposable to them successful situations similar this one. This baby's decease was avoidable.

'I've been a authoritative for much than 20 years successful my ain hometown... this is simply a lawsuit that I struggled with,' Lopez said done tears. 'This progressive a newborn babe that wasn't adjacent fixed a accidental to live.' 

Lopez has vowed to marque definite Moore volition beryllium held accountable for her actions. 

'For crying retired loud, there's a occurrence presumption crossed the thoroughfare from the University of Tampa,' Lopez explained. 'Tampa General Hospital is simply a specified 2 to 3 minutes distant by car.' 

Prosecutors accidental Moore's roommates heard a babe crying successful their University of Tampa residence hallway the nighttime of April 27 and recovered humor successful their shared bathroom.

Campus information was summoned and Moore told them the humor was from menstruation, Lopez said.

Moore's roommates past called constabulary again the adjacent time aft uncovering a bloody towel successful a trash can. Officers discovered the newborn's assemblage wrapped successful the towel.

Police rapidly identified Moore arsenic the baby's mother. 

Following her apprehension Moore is presently held astatine Lauderdale County Jail successful Mississippi but volition beryllium determination to Tampa shortly.

Florida's Safe Haven instrumentality allows parents to anonymously surrender unwanted infants up to 30 days aft commencement with nary questions asked. 

A genitor who has conscionable fixed commencement tin surrender a kid to aesculapian unit astatine a infirmary oregon immoderate occurrence station.