According to the court documents, the young mother, later identified as Arya, was sentenced to 14 years in prison followed by 10 years of probation. The woman reportedly killed her newborn baby, who she didn’t named, and threw the baby’s body in ocean.
The 29-year-old mother was initially charged with one count of first-degree premeditated murder for tossing her newborn. The defendant pleaded not guilty, but reached a deal with prosecutors in the state’s attorney’s office in which she agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child and abuse of a dead human body.
Judge Howard credited Arya with 231 days of time already served. According to the court documents, the mother reportedly went to a hotel room where she gave birth to a baby. Read the full story here ▶
