Nov 20, 2008 5:09 pm US/Pacific
Police Arrest Mother Of Baby Found in Dumpster
TURLOCK (CBS13) ―
Turlock Police say they have arrested the mother who abandoned her baby in a shopping center dumpster in Turlock on November 8.
Jessica Mae Betts,19, is being charged with first degree murder, say authorities.
The infant was discovered in a parking lot dumpster near the Savemart on the 1600 block of Lander Avenue, say police. Emergency crews responded and found the baby warm to the touch, but were unable to revive him.
Turlock police Sgt. Steven Williams said the late-to-full-term baby showed no obvious signs of foul play.
In California, the "Safely Surrender Baby Law" says that infants can be legally surrendered at hospitals and fire stations without any legal recourse to the mother.
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