Police: Baby Found Dead In Glen Head Was Suffocated; Mother Charged

GLEN HEAD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- A woman has been charged with murder after a newborn baby was found dead in a Glen Head, Long Island backyard.

Nassau County police said just after 8 a.m. Thursday, they responded to a call for someone in need of medical assistance at 4 Walnut St. in Glen Head.

Police said they found a 20-year-old woman at the scene with excessive vaginal bleeding, and she was taken to an area hospital where it was determined that she had recently given birth.

Officers were sent back to the home, where they found the newborn baby girl unresponsive in a plastic bag, according to the Associated Press. The baby was taken to an area hospital and was pronounced dead, police said.

An autopsy determined that the baby was suffocated after being born at the home, police said.

The mother, Sharon Seudat, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, police said.

Seudat was to be arraigned on Saturday at Nassau County First District Court in Hempstead.