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Infant Death in Fountain — Shortly after midnight the new born baby boy of Stephanie Collins was just minutes old when she allegedly smothered the baby, placed him in a plastic bag and threw him away like trash.
Twenty-six year old Stephanie Collins faces a murder charge after smothering her new born baby and leaving him in a trash can. The woman’s mother was shocked to find her dead grandchild that she didn’t even know existed.
This case is especially disturbing because Collins knew about Florida’s safe baby law but, according to investigators, still decided to kill the child.
Shortly after midnight the new born baby boy of Stephanie Collins was just minutes old when she allegedly smothered the baby, placed him in a plastic bag and threw him away like trash. We received a phone call from a local hospital stating that an infant had been brought in by its grandmother who had found it in the trash outside the home that shared with her twenty-six year old daughter. We responded, and the infant had been pronounced dead on arrival.
Collins’ mother, the baby’s grandmother, told sheriff’s investigators she didn’t know her daughter was pregnant and was shocked to find the baby. Collins has a 9-year old son, and decided to hide the pregnancy from her family.
“Her statement had also included the fact that she had an abortion and chose not to go through that experience again.”….(Full Story)
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