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

NUNN, Colo. — A Texas 18-year-old was charged with first-degree homicide Friday within the stabbing of her child after giving delivery on her personal whereas visiting Colorado with household, prosecutors stated.

Leiyla Cepeda instructed an investigator the infant was quiet and never transferring and didn’t appear to be respiration when she was born however declined to elucidate why the infant had stab wounds, in response to court docket paperwork. In an interview along with her mom current, Cepeda stated she thought she had been pregnant however was undecided, explaining {that a} being pregnant check she had taken about three to 4 months earlier than was destructive.

A coroner decided the infant was alive when born on the dwelling of Cepeda’s 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 infant’s physique, the doc stated.

It was not recognized if Cepeda, who has been hospitalized since giving delivery, had a lawyer but.

She was 17 when the infant was born however turned 18 on Friday, Krista Henery, a spokesperson for nineteenth Judicial District Lawyer Michael Rourke, stated. She has been charged as an grownup.

Whereas being questioned, Cepeda was requested what she was considering when the infant was born, in response to the arrest affidavit. “She said she had to determine inform her mother,” the investigator wrote.