By SHAUNA ANDERSON
Warning: This post deals with distressing issues surrounding alleged maternal filicide and may be upsetting for some readers.
The sound coming from the garbage bin was cat-like.
Like a kitten meowing for its mother.
When concerned neighbours went to retrieve what they assumed as a kitten they were stunned to find a baby, just two days old, dumped into the suburban bin.
The baby’s mother has now been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
In the US, the Salt Lake City suburb of Kearns is in shock after 23-year-old Alicia Marie Englert dumped her newborn baby in the bin, telling police she “hoped the newborn girl would die in the trash and solve her problems.”
AP reports that the 23-year-old had hidden the pregnancy from her parents and had given birth in secret.
Between the time of her birth and when she was discovered by the concerned neighbours the baby had received no care at all – not a drop of breast milk or formula or even any water.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports the baby is fighting for her life in intensive care.
Police Sgt. Ken Hansen told the newspaper: “She’s still critical today and she likely will remain in that condition for at least the next few days.”
He said it would be this weekend before doctors know if she will survive.
The baby’s mother Alicia Englert had gone to work on the day the baby was discovered, just two days after giving birth, and was arrested by police on her return.
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I live about 30 mins from where this happened. On the news last night, the girl's family claims that she is severely autistic. She is very handicapped and likely didn't even know she was pregnant. They say she probably had no idea what was to get as they are sure she was and is terrified. They are devastated. The girl's father also claims that he was the one who found and rescued the baby. Just some new info. So tragic!
This makes me so sick and so angry. How could anyone do that to their child?
As a young woman who found out she can't have kids at a young age, this both infuriates me and makes me cry. How can people like this still be able to have children when I, and so many hundreds of others who would love and adore a child, can not? And at the same time, what sick person would do such a horrific thing to another person? Disgusting. This lady, along with the other mentioned and any who have followed the same path, should rot in hell.