A Pennsylvania woman gave birth to a son in the bathroom of a sports bar, then abandoned him to die in the restaurant’s toilet, authorities said Monday in charging her with the baby’s death.
Amanda Catherine Hein was arraigned and held without bail on one count of criminal homicide in the death of her baby last week.
A cleaning crew found the baby’s body Aug. 19 at Starters Pub in Bethlehem, about 30 miles north of Philadelphia. Authorities said the baby was at 33 to 36 weeks gestation and viable.
An autopsy found the baby was born alive, the Northampton County coroner said.
In an interview with police, the 26-year-old Allentown woman admitted giving birth to the baby boy in the restroom a night earlier, wrapping him in a plastic bag from a garbage container and placing him in the toilet tank, court documents…
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