According to the court documents, the 28-year-old defendant, Fardousa, reportedly took a knife from the kitchen and slit the thr0at of her 3-month-old baby before stuffing the infant’s body in a garbage but and throwing it into a dumpster outside of her apartment building.
She pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, court records say. Initially, the mother was charged with first-degree murder, but she reached a deal with the Attorney’s Office and pleaded guilty to the lesser charge in exchange for prosecutors dropping the first-degree murder count.
She faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. Prosecutors said that the mother was taken into custody after someone called 911 and told the dispatcher that Fardousa’s baby was dead.