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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Andrea Cavallier

Florida woman let her newborn drown in the toilet moments after she gave birth, cops say

Anne Mae Demegillo, 20, was arrested after giving birth to a baby in her bathroom toilet and allegedly letting it drown before burying it in a shallow grave - (Flagler County Sheriff's Office)

A Florida woman watched her newborn baby cry in a toilet after giving birth in her bathroom before stuffing the body in a duffel bag and burying it in a shallow grave in her backyard, investigators say.

Anne Mae Demegillo, 20, of Palm Coast, has been arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child after authorities say she “knowingly and purposefully” allowed the baby to drown shortly after birth.

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