Florida Woman Let Her Newborn Drown In The Toilet Moments After She Gave Birth, Cops Say

A Florida female watched her newborn babe outcry successful a toilet aft giving commencement successful her bath earlier stuffing nan assemblage successful a duffel container and burying it successful a shallow sedate successful her backyard, investigators say.

Anne Mae Demegillo, 20, of Palm Coast, has been arrested and charged pinch aggravated manslaughter of a kid aft authorities opportunity she “knowingly and purposefully” allowed nan babe to drown soon aft birth.

According to nan Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, an individual called 911 astir 4 a.m. connected March 6, requesting a use cheque aft receiving matter messages from Demegillo, who reportedly said she had secretly been pregnant and had fixed commencement astatine home.

The messages took a disturbing move erstwhile they indicated nan babe was calved live and crying, but that Demegillo had “done something” to nan infant.

When deputies arrived astatine Demegillo’s home, she told them she had not realized she was pregnant until she began having terrible abdominal symptom astir 3 a.m. connected March 5. She past delivered nan kid successful her bathroom.

“She goes to nan bathroom, she thought she had cramps, pains, and past a child, she goes into labor, and past delivers a child,” Chief Deputy Joe Barile said during a news conference, according to WFLA. “She sees it successful nan toilet, leaves it there, watches it, hears it cry, and waits until it stops crying and moving.”

Demegillo besides admitted that she had hoped nan newborn would die, Sheriff Rick Staly added astatine nan news conference.

“She did show america that she was hoping that nan babe would hurry up and die,” Staly said, adding that Demegillo ne'er contacted emergency services for help, but alternatively continued connected pinch her life.

Demegillo told deputies she believed nan babe was dormant truthful she placed its assemblage successful a duffel container successful her closet and past went to nan Little Theatre successful New Smyrna Beach, wherever she was performing successful nan philharmonic “Anything Goes,” investigators said.

When Demegillo returned location that nighttime astir 10 p.m., she buried nan babe successful a shallow sedate successful her backyard, according to deputies.

When nan baby, who weighed little than 4 pounds, was found, it was wished that she had been live agelong capable to inhale h2o from nan toilet.

“She intelligibly was live agelong capable to inhale h2o from nan toilet into her lungs,” Staly said.

“This is simply a heartbreaking calamity for our community, for nan family involved, and an emotionally difficult lawsuit for our team,” Staly added. “I want to punctual our community, particularly our expectant mothers: Florida rule allows you to bring a kid astatine commencement to a section occurrence station, infirmary aliases rule enforcement agency and surrender nan child. That is simply a overmuch amended solution than what we are investigating coming – for everyone involved, but astir importantly nan babe who was prevented from nan life they deserve. May God bless this babe and clasp and comfortableness nan babe successful his loving hands pinch nan emotion nan babe ne'er received connected earth.”

Under Florida’s Safe Haven Law, parents who cannot attraction for a newborn whitethorn safely surrender nan kid astatine a occurrence station, infirmary aliases constabulary station. Palm Coast besides has a Safe Haven Baby Box astatine Fire Station 25 that allows parents to anonymously surrender a newborn, NBC Miami reported.

Demegillo is presently being held without bond. The investigation is ongoing.