Young woman faces murder charge after placing newborn in shoebox
Questions arise in court whether baby died before 20-year-old mother put him in shoebox
A woman who secretly gave birth to a baby and then placed him in a shoebox under her bed has asked to be acquitted of her child’s murder because she thought he was already dead.
And it is on this point that Charmoney Hector’s future rests...
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