New Mexico mother arrested following newborn's death in portable toilet
Sonia Cristal Jimenez, 38, has been arrested after allegedly giving birth to a baby girl and placing her in a portable toilet's chemical tank at Burn Lake.
A woman in New Mexico arrived at a hospital appearing to have recently given birth but without an infant. Hospital staff contacted authorities, and her boyfriend explained they had been at Burn Lake where she used a portable toilet. Police discovered the newborn girl's body in the toilet tank.
An autopsy confirmed the baby was alive at birth and died from drowning in the chemical liquid. Jimenez was arrested and charged with intentional child abuse resulting in death.
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