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Police: Baby Survives Toss Down NYC Trash Chute

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A teenage mother was charged Sunday for allegedly tossing her newborn baby into a garbage chute.

The baby survived, but police were still trying to find out Sunday why the disturbing crime happened, reports CBS 2′s Derricke Dennis.

The newborn baby was reportedly thrown down the trash chute in a plastic trash bag. It was believed to have fallen eight stories, straight into a compactor, in a high-rise building in Brooklyn’s Walt Whitman Housing Project.

1010 WINS’ Sonia Rincon has more on the disturbing crime


Authorities said the boy miraculously survived thanks to the trash cushioning his fall.

“I’m sorry for the baby,” neighbor Aida Morales said.

Police surrounded the public housing high-rise at 102 Cumberland Way immediately after the discovery was made shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday.

Authorities took photographs outside while investigators combed for clues and questioned residents inside.

Police told CBS 2 that the child’s 18-year-old mother was arrested and charged with attempted murder.

Residents said they couldn’t believe that one of their neighbors could do such a thing.

“I don’t know what to say,” neighbor Simone Smith said. “I don’t know if she should be punished; I don’t know the whole story.”

Others were searching their mind for a reason for the disturbing incident.

“I don’t know man, had to have been a young girl, probably had a lot of problems,” resident William Jones said.

“Maybe depression…I don’t know,” Morales said.

The investigation centered on a basement door, where the trash chute ends and where police said a worker heard the baby crying.

“Common sense would have told her, if [she] didn’t want it, leave it in the hospital, have it put up for adoption, you know,” Jones said. “But doing something like that – it’s crazy.”

The infant was being treated at Brooklyn Hospital. He was expected to survive the fall.

New York State has a “safe haven” law that allows a parent to give up a baby within 30 days of birth, no questions asked, at local hospitals, firehouses and police stations.

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  • Chad

    No one should judge her but god he kept the baby alive for a reason just because she did this hideous crime dosen’t make her less Hunan than any of us maybe she was going thru emotional and mental abuse.deep down inside I know she is sorry and god will forgive her when she repent she dosen’t have to be judge by you ppl so instead of discriminating on race or where a person Live or if their on welfare write a scripture from the bible or pray. Remember god knows every intentions behind every heart!!!!

    • Kay

      I wondered if the girl had been raped, or sexually abused by someone which led to her decision. Is she slow, or mentally challenged? The fact she didn’t feel she could go to her mother & say she was pregnant bothers me. Was someone molesting her? The entire situation is sad!

    • linda

      wow! spoken like a true believer!… anyhow im the child’s aunt and i total agree and i have a lot to say buy god is good and its a reason why my grand nephew lived. god take care of fools and babies!

  • velvet

    U know wut I went thru da stress of having a baby at 22.And I was very depress where I did not hold my son.In da same token If dis girl had da brain of a 7 yr old how did she manage 2 have sex.At 7 u playing with dolls n doing dress up. Who and wut would stand by n let her give birth.Let alone y justify da fact dat she trash dat baby? She had da baby n da hospital who helped her bring da angel home?Did she have some1 living with her?Or she just decided after how many days of giving birth 2 trash da baby.Now u keep saying we dont know da facts.So wut is da facts.If u knew dis mentally challenge teen where was u when she did this?

  • velvet

    Correction_ u got more pple dat believe n having kids n raising kids.u can not compare on how pple go about having da baby verses abort da baby.Not take gods lil angel n throw it away like trash.Dat dont sit good.As a parent n have a son dat is 11.If I allow ne harm 2 come b4 him im responsible 4 dat.So once again dont defend dis lil girl 4 all da wrong reasons. Y did u not recognize da warning signs?N again y was she not on meds?U can not say cuz if she wuz she would have had enough since not 2 throw dat babyboy away like trash!!!!!!!!Came from the projects n live in da country around palms tree and all.

  • velvet

    And another thing dis is for the 1 dat knows da lil girl.U keep saying@ factless u know her n pple dont know her so dont judge her where was u when she gave birth? Was u helping her thru her pregnacy?Better yet wut kind of mentor r u? It is evident that u were no where around 2 help da lil girl.Not only dat but u sitting online defending dis child saying pple r wrong n dont know da facts.I think u just want 2 talk out da azz n ddefend dis child 4 all da wrong reasons.Friends or family members like u should b ashamed.it 2011 u cant really justified y dis child did wut she did.And pple r suppose 2 sit back n say its okay.Its not ok.Do u not realize how many pple have kids.And no matter wut we aint killed our kids.So many pple have been thru hardship with 1 or more kids and they still here.Dat lil girl should have been on meds.

  • velvet

    C U KNOW WHAT MY PROBLEM IS? WHEN PPLE WANT 2 JUDGE BC OF WHERE U LIVE.I LIVE N DA PROJECTS WITH 2 JOBS.SO NO NOT EVERY IZ ON WELFARE I LIVE THERE 4 5 YRS.WHERE NOW I LIVE IN DA SOUTH.WITH A 3 BDRM TOWNHOUSE.SO ITZ NOT WHERE U LIVE ITZ ABOUT WHERE U GOING.WHEN U CHOOSE 2 DO SOMETHING 2 A CHILD LIKE DAT U REEP WUT U SOW.A HARMLESS DEFENSELESS CHID HAD 2 GO THRU DAT.DIS YOUNG GIRL HAS 2 ACCEPT WUT SHE DID.NOW WHEN U STOOP DAT LOW U GOT PROBLEMS.DONT U KNOW DAT GOD SAYS DAT U WILL SUFFER HIS RAPTURE WHEN U GO AGAINST DA COMMANDMENTS.WHERE WAS DA FAMILY N FRIENDS WHERE WAS DEY? THOSE DAT WERE AROUND HER THERE R SIGNS WHEN A PERSON AINT RAPP TIGHT.GUESS WUT WHEN SIT BACK AND ALLOW THINGS 2 HAPPEN N U CAN HELP U FACE JUST ABOOUT DA SAME FAITH THAT DIS LIL GIRL IS GONNA FACE.IM GLAD DA BABY IS OK.ILLNESS OR NOT SHE SHOULD SPEND DA REST OF HER LIFE N A LOCKED UP FACILITY. ROBERT FULTONS PROJECTS WAS A STEPPING STONE 4 ME N MY SON.ITS ALL ABOUT WHERE U GOING IN LIFE

    • grace

      shut up with ur da baby and da this learn how to talk first of..dis lil girl and i hope u dont talk to ur child like that…teach ur children how to talk..wut where did u go to school or did u…who are u to say anything when dont even know how to talk…sorry when i see people talking like this it makes one not read ur reply so i read a few lines and then i didnt read anymore..if u want to get to others u need to learn how to talk first

  • FACTLESS

    Wow!!! I am outraged just reading some of these comments. First let me say I know of this girl and she does not have the mind of an average 18 year old. That’s whats wrong with society today they are like savages and quick to judge others with out knowing all the facts but just going by what the the media says. @ BROWNSVILLE IS GETTO I myself live in a New York City Housing Development I for one am not Lazy collecting a welfare check. I get up every morning and go to my good paying job with a benefits. My child is 18 years old still in school and not in prison. And if u learn your facts you would know that today you have a lot of different races living in the “Projects” . We as parents should look at this as a reason to talk to our daughters and let them know they can come to us with any situation whether good or bad.

  • sk

    so not only do you hav e acruel mother who tries tro kill her newborn we have a whole network of people who support her! why should she even feel badly about what she did if she knows that people will defend her actions! now thats sad! therte is a whole world of peopel who don’t care that a baby was almost killed by his mother!

  • joe

    probably the dumbest, most misinformed comment here………..its conservative republicans in washington that created them and minorities that agree to live in them……..im so glad i left that filthy monkey ridden city……..if you eliminated the housing projects, it would be a great place

  • VARed

    We all believe that an 18 yr old would and should know the difference of right from wrong. But we don’t know the whole story. She may be suffering from postpartum depression or even worse postpartum psychosis which messes with your head and your emotions. If you’ve never had to deal with that then you can’t begin to imagine how a new mother can feel towards her newborn. So let’s not cast stones…

    • HARLEM GOING HAM

      CASTING STONES? FORGET THAT, LET’S THROW HER BUTT DOWN THE REFUSE CHUTE , 8 STORIES UP , AND SEE IF SHE LIVES.

    • Lisa

      I agree with Vared. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THIS POOR GIRL IS GOING THROUGH. SO WHO THE HELL ARE WE TO CAST ANY STONES AT ANYONE.

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