Mother ‘overwhelmed’ with caring for premature newborn is now accused of murder. What went wrong?

Sponsor of Utah’s “safe haven” law called the case “heartbreaking,” saying “this baby could be alive.”

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Crosses on the hill south of I-80, near exit 131 in Parleys Canyon, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. An 18-year-old woman led Wasatch County Sheriff's officers to the location after telling them she had left her infant son's body there, according to a probable cause statement in the case. The woman is currently in jail without bond.

Mother ‘overwhelmed’ with caring for premature newborn is now accused of murder. What went wrong?

Sponsor of Utah’s “safe haven” law called the case “heartbreaking,” saying “this baby could be alive.”

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