Woman Arrested After Baby Found in Trash
A woman was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment after police found a dead newborn baby wrapped in plastic bags inside a trash bin at her apartment complex, authorities said Thursday.
Hilda J. Figueroa, 29, of Redwood City was being held at the San Mateo County Jail, according to Redwood City police.
Police said they went to San Mateo General Hospital early Wednesday after Figueroa told doctors there that she had had a miscarriage. But after examining her, the physicians determined that Figueroa had given birth to a full-term infant.
Police then went to her apartment complex and found the body.
A cause of death has not been determined.
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