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Mother hoped for baby's death in trash, police say
St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Aug 7, 2002; CANDACE RONDEAUX;
Abstract:
The mother of a newborn baby left the child in a city trash can for about 16 hours, hoping the infant would die and then be removed by a garbage truck, St. Petersburg police say.
Dr. Benjamin Torres, a neonatologist at All Children's who is treating the infant, said she is surprisingly healthy despite the unsanitary conditions she was left in. Doctors are treating her with antibiotics as a precaution against possible infections.
"The (Pinellas County) Sheriff's Office is working with the State Attorney's Office to see if the child needs to be sheltered - that is, placed with a relative or nonrelative. There are specific shelter homes and foster parents that take newborn babies," said Shawna Donovan, a spokeswoman for the DCF's Tampa office.
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Copyright Times Publishing Co. Aug 7, 2002
The mother of a newborn baby left the child in a city trash can for about 16 hours, hoping the infant would die and then be removed by a garbage truck, St. Petersburg police say.
Stephanie Smith, 23, told officers she wanted "the child to die and be taken away via sanitation truck, thereby allowing the birth of the child to remain a secret," according to a police report.
Smith was charged Monday with attempted murder. Late Tuesday afternoon, she was taken from St. Petersburg General Hospital, where she underwent surgery Monday, to the Pinellas County Jail.
Police initially estimated that the child was born about two hours before neighbors discovered her alive and lying in a heap of trash around noon Monday.
But St. Petersburg police spokesman George Kajtsa said Smith told officers she gave birth to the baby around 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The baby spent 16 to 17 hours buried in the trash container with little air and no light before she was found.
According to the police report, Smith put the baby in a plastic bag and tied it shut before dumping the girl in a trash bin across from her home at 2625 56th Lane N.
Ann Miller, a spokeswoman for All Children's hospital, where the baby is being kept under observation until next week, said the baby is in good condition.
Smith's brother, Ryan Smith, said the family did not wish to comment on the case.
After neighbors discovered the baby, dubbed "Baby Doe," she was first taken to St. Petersburg General Hospital before being transferred to All Children's.
Dr. Benjamin Torres, a neonatologist at All Children's who is treating the infant, said she is surprisingly healthy despite the unsanitary conditions she was left in. Doctors are treating her with antibiotics as a precaution against possible infections.
Lack of oxygen and extreme heat can sometimes result in brain damage in infants, Torres said.
"Newborns don't tolerate any extremes of temperature very well. For the lungs to work and for the brain to function you have to have oxygen," Torres said. "You have to clear their air passages when they are born. If that doesn't happen the baby turns blue."
Torres said the newborn is lucky to have survived Monday's soaring temperatures and unsanitary conditions.
"Some babies will be able to keep their blood sugar levels up for 24 hours, but that is unusual," he said.
Officials with the Department of Children and Families said a Pinellas County court must decide within 24 hours of the baby's discovery whether Smith will retain parental rights over the abandoned baby.
"The (Pinellas County) Sheriff's Office is working with the State Attorney's Office to see if the child needs to be sheltered - that is, placed with a relative or nonrelative. There are specific shelter homes and foster parents that take newborn babies," said Shawna Donovan, a spokeswoman for the DCF's Tampa office.
Donovan said her office has received several calls from people interested in adopting the baby. But before Baby Doe can find a new home, her case must wend its way through custody proceedings in court.
"It's not the type of situation where the child is going from the hospital to an adopted family. There is a process," Donovan said.
One woman's opinion
St. Petersburg Times; St. Petersburg, Fla.; Aug 7, 2002; CANDACE RONDEAUX;
Abstract:
The mother of a newborn baby left the child in a city trash can for about 16 hours, hoping the infant would die and then be removed by a garbage truck, St. Petersburg police say.
Dr. Benjamin Torres, a neonatologist at All Children's who is treating the infant, said she is surprisingly healthy despite the unsanitary conditions she was left in. Doctors are treating her with antibiotics as a precaution against possible infections.
"The (Pinellas County) Sheriff's Office is working with the State Attorney's Office to see if the child needs to be sheltered - that is, placed with a relative or nonrelative. There are specific shelter homes and foster parents that take newborn babies," said Shawna Donovan, a spokeswoman for the DCF's Tampa office.
Full Text:
Copyright Times Publishing Co. Aug 7, 2002
The mother of a newborn baby left the child in a city trash can for about 16 hours, hoping the infant would die and then be removed by a garbage truck, St. Petersburg police say.
Stephanie Smith, 23, told officers she wanted "the child to die and be taken away via sanitation truck, thereby allowing the birth of the child to remain a secret," according to a police report.
Smith was charged Monday with attempted murder. Late Tuesday afternoon, she was taken from St. Petersburg General Hospital, where she underwent surgery Monday, to the Pinellas County Jail.
Police initially estimated that the child was born about two hours before neighbors discovered her alive and lying in a heap of trash around noon Monday.
But St. Petersburg police spokesman George Kajtsa said Smith told officers she gave birth to the baby around 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The baby spent 16 to 17 hours buried in the trash container with little air and no light before she was found.
According to the police report, Smith put the baby in a plastic bag and tied it shut before dumping the girl in a trash bin across from her home at 2625 56th Lane N.
Ann Miller, a spokeswoman for All Children's hospital, where the baby is being kept under observation until next week, said the baby is in good condition.
Smith's brother, Ryan Smith, said the family did not wish to comment on the case.
After neighbors discovered the baby, dubbed "Baby Doe," she was first taken to St. Petersburg General Hospital before being transferred to All Children's.
Dr. Benjamin Torres, a neonatologist at All Children's who is treating the infant, said she is surprisingly healthy despite the unsanitary conditions she was left in. Doctors are treating her with antibiotics as a precaution against possible infections.
Lack of oxygen and extreme heat can sometimes result in brain damage in infants, Torres said.
"Newborns don't tolerate any extremes of temperature very well. For the lungs to work and for the brain to function you have to have oxygen," Torres said. "You have to clear their air passages when they are born. If that doesn't happen the baby turns blue."
Torres said the newborn is lucky to have survived Monday's soaring temperatures and unsanitary conditions.
"Some babies will be able to keep their blood sugar levels up for 24 hours, but that is unusual," he said.
Officials with the Department of Children and Families said a Pinellas County court must decide within 24 hours of the baby's discovery whether Smith will retain parental rights over the abandoned baby.
"The (Pinellas County) Sheriff's Office is working with the State Attorney's Office to see if the child needs to be sheltered - that is, placed with a relative or nonrelative. There are specific shelter homes and foster parents that take newborn babies," said Shawna Donovan, a spokeswoman for the DCF's Tampa office.
Donovan said her office has received several calls from people interested in adopting the baby. But before Baby Doe can find a new home, her case must wend its way through custody proceedings in court.
"It's not the type of situation where the child is going from the hospital to an adopted family. There is a process," Donovan said.
One woman's opinion
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on demand has taken this nation. God forgive us.
There is no excuse for ANYONE in 2002 USA to become pregnant if they don't want to be.
I have caused pregnancy only twice in my life, though I had many other opportunities than that. NO EXCUSE.
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Rugster
Are they kidding?? This low life, heartless b***h gave up all rights to this child when she tried to murder her.
When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
If I knew then, what I know now.
A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand
I agree completely with you on the abortion issue...
This is no more disgusting that the posts on the killing at the WTC... all innocent lives... one life is not any more valuable than the next...
There is a program in Florida that any woman or girl that gives birth and does not want the baby, can drop the baby off at the local hospital.. no questions asked...I know to some, it make look like a "throw away" program, and you may say, that the girls will take the attitude of.. oh well, if I get pregnant I will drop off the baby.. no big deal..... well that is not the aim of the program, nor should it be thought of as that... but a place, where, if abortion is against your beliefs, or you do not have the funds for one, you can leave the baby without fear of charges...Fear, shame.. whatever, will often replace rational thinking, and the legal route of adoption is overlooked...
One woman's opinion
If I knew then, what I know now.
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Just wanted to throw my two cents in here......since I know someone who gave up a child for adoption.
IF the baby is white, and healthy, it can be adopted in about .3 seconds. No problem.
If the baby is sick, black, brown, or anything other than a healthy white baby, FORGET IT! Adoption most likely WILL NOT HAPPEN, unfortunately.
Terrible....these people who claim to "love babies" really only love HEALTHY WHITE babies. Makes me sick. If you "love babies" then you should be even more inclined to help out a handicapped one.
Now, not everyone is like that, of course. Mainly the yuppy types.
When I lived in MO, there was a man and woman in my town who had adopted over 30 kids (not at once) who were unwanted/crippled, etc. THAT couple "loved babies". I always thought very highly of them. They were some very good people.
Merc
NO! You may not have my guns! Now go crawl back into your hole!
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"Tolerating things you may not necessarily like is part of being free" - Larry Flynt
"Well, it IS legal!!!"
"That doesn't make it right."
"YES IT DOES!!! IT'S LEGAL!!!!!"
"Ummmmmm......so is taking away your gun.............................."
Let me see now....if it's legal to confiscate weapons, we have a big fight on our hands. If it's legal to murder human children, well, that's cool beans!!! I have no amazement left in my being for the massive onslaught of constant and consistent hypocrisy. If you believe in rights, you believe that a human child has rights. Period. There are NO if ands or buts. And PLEEEEEEAAASEEE!!!!! Don't any idiot try and tell me that it isn't human until it is born, unless you are willing to tell me that it's an alligator or a seagull.
Then, I can just call the nice men in the white coats and have you sheltered from the aliens. If you want to say "it's inviable" or "it's only a mass of tissue", then you can save that for lying to yourself to make it feel better. You know it was a human being. And please keep the "you aren't a woman so you wouldn't know" blather. that's no different than saying "I was in a war!! You're not a man, so you wouldn't know."
Abortion is murder. Lying to one's self will never change that. This was just another abortion. Why was it a news story? Baby-killing is legal in this country, hell, it happens millions of times a year. Probably happened in the same community 40 or 50 times that day. My God!! One of the little unwanted bastards actually made it out of the womb!!! We gotta cover this, and fast!!!
I'm sure that you'll poof this, Nunn, but don't do the whole thread, please. I'll stay away from it now.
Of course, I could change my mind on this whole abortion issue if they were to allow retroactive, post-partum abortions- say up to age 35.
Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis
To whom much is given, much is expected.
On the upside the little Russian girl is now in the U.S. and she is doing great! She has been given a prosthetic limb and is literally running around now! She is learning English too and has a great sense of humor.
It's strange to think that if not for the action taken by this American couple that little girl's life would almost certainly been completely different (and worse).
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There was a "Planned Parenthood" center on the next street over. The front door was heavily barred. The windows were covered with bulletproof lucite and tinted so that you couldnt see inside. But they were festooned with all kinds of the most revolting pro-abortion propaganda I have ever seen. The one that really sticks in my mind: "Modern women dont deserve unwanted impositions. Abort: It's your right."
I was tempted to walk in and give them an unwanted verbal imposition, but I'm sure the door was buzzer operated anyway.
The amazing thing was, right next door to the clinic was a pro-life information distribution center. It really made me glad to see that people do care in this day and age.
Bob
ET politician are farrrr more advanced in deceit that Human ones....
To start with GODs cangaroo court entrapment of ADAM and EVE...
And eding with the no interference contracts with Lucifer to enter this realm....
This planet is an unholy mess.....
JD
400 million cows can't be wrong ( EAT GRASS !!! )