18-year-old mother charged with killing newborn in Colorado

NUNN, Colo. (AP) – A Texas 18-year-old was charged with first-degree homicide Friday within the stabbing of her child after giving start on her personal whereas visiting Colorado with household.

Courtroom paperwork say Leiyla Cepeda informed an investigator the child was quiet and never transferring and didn’t appear to be respiration however declined to clarify why the child had stab wounds.

A coroner decided the child was alive when born on the dwelling of her family within the small city of Nunn and died of a number of sharp power accidents, in response to Cepeda’s arrest affidavit. A pair of scissors was discovered close to the child’s physique, the doc stated.

Cepeda stated she used a pair of scissors to chop the umbilical twine, in response to the affidavit. She denied harming the new child throughout questioning, KMGH stories.

It’s not recognized if Cepeda has a lawyer but.

A prosecutor’s spokesperson says Cepeda was 17 when the child was born however turned 18 on Friday. She has been charged as an grownup.

She is at the moment in custody at a neighborhood hospital.

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