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When Chasity Congious went into labor for the first time, there were no doctors or nurses. No clean blankets to swaddle the coming baby. There were no family members, no friends. Congious wasn’t even in a hospital. She was alone in a jail cell. Four months earlier, she suffered a mental health crisis and her mother called 911 for help. Instead, police arrested the 21-year-old. Now, the contractions were getting stronger, with no way to ease the soaring pain. Bleeding, she said, she pressed the emergency intercom button, but no one came. She tried to get up from the thin,...

HOBBS, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — The New Mexico Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of Alexis Avila, the woman who was convicted after abandoning her newborn by putting the baby into a trash container in 2022 in Hobbs, New Mexico. Attorney General Raúl Torrez issued the following statement: We are pleased that the New Mexico Court of Appeals upheld justice and reaffirmed the conviction against Ms. Avila for throwing her newborn baby in a dumpster,” said Attorney General Raúl Torrez. “My office, alongside District Attorney Dianna Luce, prosecuted this case and we are extremely fortunate that the child survived this horrific...

A surrogate mother in the U.S. who thought she was helping an infertile couple have children was horrified to find out her baby had been sold as part of an international baby trafficking scam. Key Takeaways: * Carole-Anne Kelly (a pseudonym) was sent the profile of an infertile couple by her surrogacy agency. * Kelly agreed to work with them and carry their baby, and successfully gave birth. * She later found out that her baby was not biologically related to the couple she was hired to be a surrogate for. * The baby was sold for $100,000 to a...

BOSTON – A former Stoughton police officer who was previously indicted for allegedly murdering Sandra Birchmore, a pregnant woman, to prevent her from disclosing information about his sexual exploitation of her beginning when she was a minor, has been indicted for allegedly causing the death of Birchmore’s unborn son. Matthew Farwell, 39, of Easton, has been charged with one count of causing the death of Birchmore’s unborn child. Farwell was arrested and charged in August 2024. He remains in federal custody and will be arraigned at a later date. According to the superseding indictment, on or about Feb. 1, 2021,...

Babies are being intentionally killed to be turned into keepsake jewelry. Yes, you read that right. Women who no longer want to implant their frozen embryos — their children — can now have them turned into jewelry. Rings, necklaces, and bracelets made from what was once living, growing human Life. According to one popular “embryo jewelry” company, “When storage is ending and donation does not feel right, there is a gentler way to honor what you created.” Gentler? Thawing out human embryos — real babies — and letting them die so they can be worn as an accessory is not...

The following table shows the five most frequent given names for male and female babies born in each year 1925-2024. Over the last 100 years, the male name Michael has held the top spot most often (44 times), while the female name Mary has been ranked number one 31 times over those years.Top Five Names for Births in 1925-2024 FemalesMalesYearRank 1Rank 2Rank 3Rank 4Rank 5Rank 1Rank 2Rank 3Rank 4Rank 52024OliviaEmmaAmeliaCharlotteMiaLiamNoahOliverTheodoreJames2023OliviaEmmaCharlotteAmeliaSophiaLiamNoahOliverJamesElijah2022OliviaEmmaCharlotteAmeliaSophiaLiamNoahOliverJamesElijah2021OliviaEmmaCharlotteAmeliaAvaLiamNoahOliverElijahJames2020OliviaEmmaAvaCharlotteSophiaLiamNoahOliverElijahWilliam2019OliviaEmmaAvaSophiaIsabellaLiamNoahOliverWilliamElijah2018EmmaOliviaAvaIsabellaSophiaLiamNoahWilliamJamesOliver2017EmmaOliviaAvaIsabellaSophiaLiamNoahWilliamJamesLogan2016EmmaOliviaAvaSophiaIsabellaNoahLiamWilliamMasonJames2015EmmaOliviaSophiaAvaIsabellaNoahLiamMasonJacobWilliam2014EmmaOliviaSophiaIsabellaAvaNoahLiamMasonJacobWilliam2013SophiaEmmaOliviaIsabellaAvaNoahJacobLiamMasonWilliam2012SophiaEmmaIsabellaOliviaAvaJacobMasonEthanNoahWilliam2011SophiaIsabellaEmmaOliviaAvaJacobMasonWilliamJaydenNoah2010IsabellaSophiaEmmaOliviaAvaJacobEthanMichaelJaydenWilliam2009IsabellaEmmaOliviaSophiaAvaJacobEthanMichaelAlexanderWilliam2008EmmaIsabellaEmilyOliviaAvaJacobMichaelEthanJoshuaDaniel2007EmilyIsabellaEmmaAvaMadisonJacobMichaelEthanJoshuaDaniel2006EmilyEmmaMadisonIsabellaAvaJacobMichaelJoshuaEthanMatthew2005EmilyEmmaMadisonAbigailOliviaJacobMichaelJoshuaMatthewEthan2004EmilyEmmaMadisonOliviaHannahJacobMichaelJoshuaMatthewEthan2003EmilyEmmaMadisonHannahOliviaJacobMichaelJoshuaMatthewAndrew2002EmilyMadisonHannahEmmaAlexisJacobMichaelJoshuaMatthewEthan2001EmilyMadisonHannahAshleyAlexisJacobMichaelMatthewJoshuaChristopher2000EmilyHannahMadisonAshleySarahJacobMichaelMatthewJoshuaChristopher1999EmilyHannahAlexisSarahSamanthaJacobMichaelMatthewJoshuaNicholas1998EmilyHannahSamanthaSarahAshleyMichaelJacobMatthewJoshuaChristopher1997EmilyJessicaAshleySarahHannahMichaelJacobMatthewChristopherJoshua1996EmilyJessicaAshleySarahSamanthaMichaelMatthewJacobChristopherJoshua1995JessicaAshleyEmilySamanthaSarahMichaelMatthewChristopherJacobJoshua1994JessicaAshleyEmilySamanthaSarahMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaTyler1993JessicaAshleySarahSamanthaEmilyMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaTyler1992AshleyJessicaAmandaBrittanySarahMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaAndrew1991AshleyJessicaBrittanyAmandaSamanthaMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaAndrew1990JessicaAshleyBrittanyAmandaSamanthaMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaDaniel1989JessicaAshleyBrittanyAmandaSarahMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaDavid1988JessicaAshleyAmandaSarahJenniferMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaAndrew1987JessicaAshleyAmandaJenniferSarahMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaDavid1986JessicaAshleyAmandaJenniferSarahMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaDavid1985JessicaAshleyJenniferAmandaSarahMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaDaniel1984JenniferJessicaAshleyAmandaSarahMichaelChristopherMatthewJoshuaDavid1983JenniferJessicaAmandaAshleySarahMichaelChristopherMatthewDavidJoshua1982JenniferJessicaAmandaSarahMelissaMichaelChristopherMatthewJasonDavid1981JenniferJessicaAmandaSarahMelissaMichaelChristopherMatthewJasonDavid1980JenniferAmandaJessicaMelissaSarahMichaelChristopherJasonDavidJames1979JenniferMelissaAmandaJessicaAmyMichaelChristopherJasonDavidJames1978JenniferMelissaJessicaAmyHeatherMichaelJasonChristopherDavidJames1977JenniferMelissaAmyJessicaHeatherMichaelJasonChristopherDavidJames1976JenniferAmyMelissaHeatherAngelaMichaelJasonChristopherDavidJames1975JenniferAmyHeatherMelissaAngelaMichaelJasonChristopherJamesDavid1974JenniferAmyMichelleHeatherAngelaMichaelJasonChristopherDavidJames1973JenniferAmyMichelleKimberlyLisaMichaelChristopherJasonJamesDavid1972JenniferMichelleLisaKimberlyAmyMichaelChristopherJamesDavidJohn1971JenniferMichelleLisaKimberlyAmyMichaelJamesDavidJohnRobert1970JenniferLisaKimberlyMichelleAmyMichaelJamesDavidJohnRobert1969LisaMichelleJenniferKimberlyMelissaMichaelDavidJamesJohnRobert1968LisaMichelleKimberlyJenniferMelissaMichaelDavidJohnJamesRobert1967LisaKimberlyMichelleMarySusanMichaelDavidJamesJohnRobert1966LisaKimberlyMaryMichelleKarenMichaelDavidJamesJohnRobert1965LisaMaryKarenKimberlySusanMichaelJohnDavidJamesRobert1964LisaMarySusanKarenPatriciaMichaelJohnDavidJamesRobert1963LisaMarySusanKarenLindaMichaelJohnDavidJamesRobert1962LisaMarySusanKarenLindaMichaelDavidJohnJamesRobert1961MaryLisaSusanLindaKarenMichaelDavidJohnJamesRobert1960MarySusanLindaKarenDonnaDavidMichaelJamesJohnRobert1959MarySusanLindaKarenDonnaMichaelDavidJamesJohnRobert1958MarySusanLindaKarenPatriciaMichaelDavidJamesRobertJohn1957MarySusanLindaDebraKarenMichaelJamesDavidRobertJohn1956MaryDebraLindaDeborahSusanMichaelJamesRobertDavidJohn1955MaryDeborahLindaDebraSusanMichaelDavidJamesRobertJohn1954MaryLindaDeborahPatriciaSusanMichaelRobertJamesJohnDavid1953MaryLindaDeborahPatriciaSusanRobertJamesMichaelJohnDavid1952LindaMaryPatriciaDeborahSusanJamesRobertJohnMichaelDavid1951LindaMaryPatriciaDeborahBarbaraJamesRobertJohnMichaelDavid1950LindaMaryPatriciaBarbaraSusanJamesRobertJohnMichaelDavid1949LindaMaryPatriciaBarbaraSusanJamesRobertJohnWilliamMichael1948LindaMaryBarbaraPatriciaSusanJamesRobertJohnWilliamDavid1947LindaMaryPatriciaBarbaraSandraJamesRobertJohnWilliamRichard1946MaryLindaPatriciaBarbaraCarolJamesRober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MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- The 30-year-old mother of a baby girl found abandoned at Penn Station in Midtown earlier this week has been arrested. Assa Diawara was located in Queens just before 3 a.m. on Wednesday and arrested by police. She is facing charges of abandonment of a child and endangering the welfare of a child. She expected to appear in court sometime Wednesday. Police released a photo of her carrying the baby who was found at Penn Station on Monday. An anonymous tip led police to the child at the station on W. 34th Street and 7th Avenue just...

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- Police released a photo and video of the woman last seen with an abandoned newborn baby girl at Penn Station. An anonymous tip led police to the child at the station on W. 34th Street and 7th Avenue just before 9:30 a.m. on Monday. The baby girl, described as a newborn, was found wrapped in a blanket at the bottom of a staircase leading to the 1/2/3 train platform. Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- An investigation is underway after a baby was found at the Penn Station subway station in Manhattan on Monday morning. An anonymous tip led police to the child at the station on W. 34th Street and 7th Avenue just before 9:30 a.m. The baby girl, described as a newborn, was found wrapped in a blanket at the bottom of a staircase leading to the 1/2/3 train platform. The baby was taken to a local hospital by police and was said to be conscious and alert. Her condition was described as stable. New York City Transit President...

The arrest of a woman known as the 'she devil' has lifted the veil on a Mexican cartel scheme to cut babies out of their mothers' womb and sell the infants for less than $14,000 to Americans, US officials have confirmed. Martha Alicia Mendez Aguilar, 44, alias 'La Diabla,' ran a baby trafficking operation for Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in Juarez, Mexico- directly across the border from El Paso, Texas, the National Counterterrorism Center stated after her Sept. 2 arrest. La Diabla had been luring Mexican pregnant women, often poor and looking for work, to remote areas of the...

What happens when the face of a country’s anti-corruption movement suddenly is investigated for the sort of bribery he once condemned? Ukraine, a U.S. ally and neighboring foe of Russia, is soon to find out. And it’s a case with implications in the United States, where the fallout from the unproven Trump-Russia collusion scandal has engulfed several Ukrainians. The country’s chief corruption prosecutor on Thursday opened an investigation into “suspicions” that Serhiy Leshchenko, a crusading anti-corruption member of Ukraine’s parliament and former investigative journalist, accepted bribes in 2016 from a Russian source that enabled him to buy a luxury condo...

Homicide detectives and a tactical squad of California sheriff deputies captured and jailed on Friday the parents of a baby boy they claimed was kidnapped, which authorities now allege was a lie. Jake and Rebecca Haro were arrested on murder charges at their Cabazon home after Rebecca Haro, the mother of seven-month-old Emmanuel Haro, had claimed her son was abducted outside a sporting goods store a week ago in Yucaipa, about 70 miles west of Los Angeles. San Bernardino Sheriff’s homicide detectives now say the kidnapping never happened and believe the child is dead.

Ms Archerd initially created four embryos, which were frozen. One became her now-30-year-old daughter but the other three were put into storage. Despite separating from her husband, Ms Archerd did not want to get rid of the embryos - she wanted to donate them for research or give them to another family anonymously. However, she wanted to be involved with the baby as they would be related to her daughter. Ms Archerd paid thousands of dollars a year to store her embryos until she found Nightlight Christian Adoptions. The Christian embryo adoption agency runs a programme called Snowflakes, which many...

LAKE COUNTY, Tenn. — A suspect in the deaths of four people whose bodies were found in northwest Tennessee was identified by authorities Thursday. Special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say 28-year-old Austin Robert Drummond is wanted in the killings. 4 bodies found in TN identified amid abandoned baby investigation Drummond is wanted on warrants for four counts of First Degree Murder, one count of Aggravated Kidnapping, four counts of Felon in Possession of a Firearm, and one count of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Dangerous Felony.

A South Carolina woman faces felony charges after authorities say she gave birth to a stillborn baby and disposed of the remains of the baby in a hotel dumpster It’s an act pro-life advocates describe as a tragic reflection of a culture that fails to honor the dignity of unborn children. Byresha Asia Williams, 31, was arrested and charged with desecration of human remains, a felony carrying a potential sentence of one to 10 years in prison, according to the Florence County Sheriff’s Office. The incident occurred between June 17 and 18, when Williams allegedly gave birth to a stillborn...

FRANKLIN — A cold case from 1994 that captured national attention was the focus of a significant update from Franklin Police on Monday. The press conference took place at the gravesite of the infant known as Baby Hope, located in Greenlawn Cemetery, marking the first major update on the murder case in several years. On April 13, 1994, two boys searching through a trash can in Temple Park in Franklin for aluminum cans stumbled upon the body of a newborn infant. The preliminary investigation revealed that the baby had been stabbed to death shortly after her birth. The discovery shocked...

***Details and specifics in this story could be considered graphic and offensive to some audiences. Reader discretion is advised.*** Court documents obtained by News 4-Fox 11 have revealed details about a newborn baby found abandoned in a dumpster for at least 10 hours at a Sun Valley apartment complex over the weekend. The Washoe County Sheriff's Office responded to the Elevate Apartments on Sun Valley Blvd. at about 1:30 p.m. on July 5 after a concerned citizen reported hearing a baby crying in a trash can. Upon arrival, deputies met with a family who had discovered the baby boy wrapped...

A Texas man has been arrested after his teenage daughter gave birth in a Walmart bathroom. Officers in Kingsville have said they were called to the store just before 10.30pm on Monday, after receiving a call that a maintenance worker discovered a newborn child in a bathroom trash can while taking out the garbage, KRIS 6 reports. Walmart employees tried to perform life saving measures on the infant and authorities rushed the child to the hospital right next door, where doctors pronounced her dead. In the aftermath, officers reviewed the store's security camera footage and discovered that a 17-year-old girl...

A heartbreaking incident, a 19-year-old woman gave birth to a baby boy inside a moving bus and soon after, the baby was thrown out of the window, which led to his death, according to police. The shocking event took place around 6:30 am on the Pathri-Selu Road in Maharashtra and came to light after a passer-by saw something being thrown from the bus and went to check. To his shock, he found a newborn baby wrapped in a cloth. He quickly called the police using emergency number 112. The woman, named Ritika Dhere, was traveling in a sleeper coach bus...

ATLANTA — The family of Adriana Smith, a metro Atlanta nurse who was declared brain dead in February while pregnant, said her baby boy has arrived. According to her mother, April Newkirk, the infant, named Chance, was born prematurely Friday, June 13, around 4:41 a.m. by emergency Cesarean section. Newkirk said Chance weighs about 1 pound 13 ounces and is in NICU. "He's expected to be OK," Newkirk said. "He's just fighting. We just want prayers for him. Just keep praying for him. He's here now." She's now preparing to say goodbye to her daughter. Newkirk said the hospital will...