Mom pleads not guilty to burying newborn alive in California
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — A woman who allegedly buried her newborn daughter alive near a Compton riverbed has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and child abuse.
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — A woman who allegedly buried her newborn daughter alive near a Compton riverbed has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and child abuse.
Thirty-three-year-old Porche Washington entered the pleas Monday and was ordered held on $1 million bail. The charge carries a potential life sentence.
Los Angeles County authorities say she tried to hide her pregnancy, but she gave birth at a hospital in late November. She was released a few days later, and a day after that, her daughter was heard crying near a Compton bike path.
Authorities pulled up asphalt chunks to find the child in a small hole near a fence.
The baby is in good condition at a hospital.
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