Ana Rosa Mora, 18, was concerned her
boyfriend would leave her since her newborn looked like her ex-boyfriend who
was the father. A construction worker found the child a few hours after she
left the child outside and then went back to bed.
Prosecutors
said Ana Rosa Mora, who faces a first-degree murder charge, after she allegedly
killed her baby out of fear her boyfriend would leave her.
An 18-year-old
Chicago woman wrapped her newborn in a bag and left him outside to die
because she feared the child looked like her ex-boyfriend and her current beau
would leave her, cops said.
Ana Rosa Mora
is facing charges of first-degree murder following the senseless action,report the Chicago Tribune.
The mother gave
birth over the weekend and came to school Monday after allegedly
committing the act — even showing staff members pictures of a newborn girl that
she downloaded from the Internet, authorities said.
But after
employees noticed strange behavior — such as the girl asking if authorities
could link her to the child through DNA and lying about the baby's age — they
alerted authorities,the newspaper reported. The child had been
found by a construction worker a few hours after the child was left
outside, authorities said.
The boy was
born alive but died of asphyxia and possible exposure, authorities said.
The new mother
said her ex-boyfriend was the father and when the child was born she feared her
current boyfriend would notice and leave her,the newspaper reported. She was arrested Friday.
Mora, who was
scheduled to graduate from high school in June and attend
college in the fall is now being held on $500,000 bail, the newspaper
reported.

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