San Diego
A 26-year-old Golden Hill woman has been arrested in connection with the drowning of her 6-month-old daughter who was found in San Diego Bay on Sept. 19.
Lorenza Penguelly was booked into La Colinas County Jail Monday and was being held without bail.
The woman was arrested Sunday in Santa Monica and booked into jail there on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with an attack on her uncle, police said.
Santa Monica police contacted their San Diego counterparts upon learning from Penguelly’s relatives that she had confessed to dumping her baby in the bay.
The child, Shariai Penguelly, was born April 6.
According to police, the night before the baby was found, a woman reportedly approached another woman who was making a phone call at a public phone close to the Grape Street Pier and asked if she wanted a baby.
The following morning a 14-year-old boy spotted the body of the infant floating in the water, police said.
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