New Mexico mother charged with intentional child abuse resulting in death
A New Mexico woman was arrested and charged after allegedly giving birth in a portable toilet and deliberately drowning her newborn daughter in the holding tank.
Sonia Cristal Jimenez, a 38-year-old woman from New Mexico, has been arrested and charged with intentional child abuse resulting in death. On February 7, she arrived at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces appearing to have recently given birth but without a baby. Hospital staff contacted police about this suspicious situation.
Her boyfriend revealed they had been at Burn Lake, where Jimenez had used a portable toilet. Police discovered the infant girl dead in the portable toilet's holding tank.
Evidence suggests Jimenez gave birth, cut the umbilical cord, and deliberately left the child in the tank where she drowned. An autopsy confirmed the baby had inhaled and swallowed the blue sanitation liquid. Jimenez was arrested and charged with a first-degree felony and is being held without bond.
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