Stephanie Collins Didn’t Want An Abortion
November 9, 2008 by Lizard
Fountain, FL – Stephanie Collins is 26; she and her 9-year-old son live with her parents. She found out earlier this year that she was pregnant and was unenthused at the notion of having another child. However, she’d had an abortion before and didn’t care to repeat the experience. So Stephanie came up with a plan. And this past weekend, Stephanie’s mother went out behind the house to take out the trash. When she opened the garbage can, she found the dead body of the grandbaby she didn’t even know she had.
What Stephanie Collins did upon discovering the impending arrival of an unwanted child was attempt to hide her pregnancy from everyone around her, a feat she managed successfully. And so, when the time came, she took herself into the bathroom and delivered what seems to be a perfectly healthy baby.
Like other states, Florida has a Safe Haven law. In fact, in comparison to laws in other states, Florida’s is quite generous. In Florida, you have seven days to take a newborn to any hospital, fire station, or EMS station and leave that infant without having any questions asked.
According to investigators, Stephanie Collins admitted that she was aware of her state’s Safe Haven law, and she admitted that she contemplated making use of the leeway provided by this law. However, when she got right down to it, she decided, nah, she’d go ahead with her original “plan.” So she killed her baby (by smothering it), put it in a plastic bag, and threw it in the trash.
And so, some hours later, Stephanie’s mother found the corpse of the little one and rushed it and her daughter to the hospital. Of course, the baby was pronounced dead on arrival. Stephanie Collins was released from the hospital Monday and was taken into custody. She is being charged with murder.
10:17 am on November 9th, 2008
Stupid FUCKIN bitch!!!
10:51 am on November 9th, 2008
I know people who have lost babies–desperately wanted babies. Stories like this make me so fucking angry I can’t even properly process them. HOW could you give birth to a baby and then murder it??? WTF????
Someone should put this cunt in a plastic bag and let her fucking suffocate. She’s clearly defective.
11:33 am on November 9th, 2008
what the FUCK is wrong with these people? She knew about the safe haven law, but would rather murder the fucking baby? this lady is a psycho! next thing you know, right after she gets let out with less than a slap on the wrist, shes going to start throwing other adults in the trash. Oh, and is it really that hard to take the trash out? If she wasn’t so lazy, she would have gotten away with this!
12:19 pm on November 9th, 2008
If you don’t want kids: keep your pants up, use birth control, give them up for adoption…. WTF!
Poor little baby… I do NOT understand how anyone can look at a small defenseless little baby who grew inside of their own body and proceed to take its’ life and then put it in the trash….
I hope she gets put away for a long time. And for God sake, she should get her tubes tied. If she didn’t want another kid, then she should have kept her pants up.
I will say a prayer for this little angel… RIP
12:24 pm on November 9th, 2008
Birth control is rather inexpensive, free in some instances. Far, far cheaper than bail.
I will never understand why some women go this route when there are so many options available to them. Do they feel that they will be viewed as a bad person or a terrible mother if they simply give their child up?
12:53 pm on November 9th, 2008
Whoa. How is it possible for a woman to do this? I mean, I don’t have any children but if I had an unplanned or unwanted pregnancy the last thing I would do is kill the baby after he/she was born. Wow, this is quite disturbing.
3:08 pm on November 9th, 2008
She could have just swallowed – Stupid whore. At least the baby would be dead….
Is it me or does she look almost happy in her mugshot? ewwwwww. I just want to slap the shit out of her.
4:08 pm on November 9th, 2008
Sad thing is, no one even knew she was pregnant. She could’ve driven to a hospital or fire station away from her home to leave the baby, even, so there’d have been little chance of later running into someone who would recognize her as the woman who left her baby.
4:43 pm on November 9th, 2008
It’s really crazy how in some of these cases the mother does get off with a slap on the wrist. Some of them don’t even get that much of a punishment. What’s sick is the argument they make in court, was the baby stillborn or did she kill it and then toss it? Of course, murdering a baby is worse then hiding one that was already dead, but someone who could toss even a dead baby is pretty fucked up. It takes a certain type of person to be able to do that, a type most of us usually try to avoid. With these Safe Haven Laws should have come STIFFER PUNISHMENTS for the “loving mothers” who still feel they need to use a dumpster as a bassinet. I mean, she had a few months to think about it and decide what to do. If that’s not First Degree Murder then I don’t know what is.
4:51 pm on November 9th, 2008
A similar incident happened near me a couple months ago:
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/southernsuburbs/story/452278.html
With the Safe Haven law nowadays there is NO EXCUSE for this barbaric behavior.
Then there’s this happy asshole from the past, the so-called “Prom Mom”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Drexler
7:38 pm on November 9th, 2008
I’m guessing that these women don’t want to go through the social disapproval that comes with giving a baby away — I mean disapproval within a family, such as the grandmother learning that New Babykins was headed for the adoption service. So they think they can just kill the baby and life will go on. I wonder how many times it works out just that way because no one opens the garbage can before the trash is compacted.
8:07 pm on November 9th, 2008
Can’t believe there was a 12 y/o girl that was smart enough to use the safe haven law and a fucking 26 y/o “mother” who decided murdering a sweet baby was the best choice. WTF?!?
8:40 pm on November 9th, 2008
This stupid cunt,killed her baby.. what does it take to make whores understand,,close ur fuking leggs are use a fuking rubber..i hope they smother her ass to death,it would be perfect poetic justis,,
9:35 pm on November 9th, 2008
This story reminds me of the Tammy Skinner case—who remembers that one; not so long ago? She shot herself very deliberately, aiming the gun into her uterus, over the full-term daughter who was due to be delivered that very day (she was in early labor when she did it.) She got away with it without so much as a slap on the hand. Here is one link discussing the case; by googling her name, you can likely find others. How people could call what she did a “self-induced abortion” instead of “pre-meditated murder of a viable, full-term infant” is beyond me.
http://www.ethicsscoreboard.com/list/skinner.html
9:39 pm on November 9th, 2008
I have to also feel horrible for this bitch’s mother. That would be so fucking devastating to find my grandchild in with the garbage — and then KNOW my child put it there! My daughter would have been taken to the hospital too… but it would have been to treat her after the ass whooping I gave her while in a murderous rage!
Why oh why would you carry a child full term only to kill and dispose of it immediately after it’s born?? Why go thru all that – just to murder your own child? It’s inconceivable to me!
Poor baby .. RIP… sympathies to the families involved. Cut ties with the psycho bitch NOW. She is obviously capable of anything!
*End Rant*
9:50 pm on November 9th, 2008
WTF is wrong with her?
Why would she not get an abortion , instead of spending 9 months trying to conceal being pregnant and have a plan the whole time of murdering the child and stuffing it into a garbage can.
What the hell kind of plan is that?
10:55 pm on November 9th, 2008
OMG! I grew up with her. This is one of the sickest things I have ever heard. I can not believe that she would do that. She never seemed to be unstable. But I guess that goes to show that you never really know a person.
1:25 am on November 10th, 2008
I hope she freakin’ burns in hell. Heinous bitch.
6:05 am on November 10th, 2008
How do all these women conceal the fact that they are pregnant? Most pregnant women I’ve seen have large bellies. What are these women doing? I suppose if you don’t celebrate the fact that you’re pregnant it could go unnoticed for a while, but for nine months?
6:45 am on November 10th, 2008
I will never, ever, ever understand shit like this. Somehow it hits me as worse than many other crimes… and it is just SO goddamn pointless. she could have easily prevented getting pregnant. she could have easily had an abortion. and she could have very, very easily taken that baby to a safe haven.
stupid cunt.
what the fuck is the point of this? and how can someone decide to kill their baby?
I am just really blown away by the senselessness of it all. It hurts.
10:15 am on November 10th, 2008
My brother has an ex that doesnt show AT ALL until the 9th month. even then, the difference isnt that noticable, and nobody says much. She had like 5 kids, a miscarriage that almost killed her, a stillborn, and never admitted to being pregnant EVER. several of these times, her boyfriend at the time didnt even know about it until she was in labor!
So, I’m sure theres quite a few women like this. She was also thin, like Stephanie….dunno if that has anything to do with it…
1:16 pm on November 10th, 2008
What a fucking heartless bitch! They need to remove all of her female parts and keep her from ever procreating again. Oh and they should sew up her snatch so can never fuck again either. Whore!
2:35 pm on November 10th, 2008
I’m sure she’ll use the defense that the baby was born stillborn and she panicked. Anyone else want to raise their hand up on that one?
My daughter wasn’t exactly planned, but just so blessed that she came into my life. My life did change, a lot and not all of it exactly as planned, but that’s ok. I just couldn’t imagine not ever loving her, even before she was born. I will never understand the thinking/actions of these women. I hope she gets the most punishment for her crime – Please let the judge adhere strongly to the law, please!!!!
3:23 pm on November 10th, 2008
OMG this is so pathetic.. But I would think that heavier girls would be able to conceal a pregnancy more so than a thin person.. Obviously she didn’t have that glow of pregnancy, because she was planning on murdering it anyway.. How awful.. I just can’t imagine.. God bless that poor baby and her Mother… I know I’d be showing her the door, after her head went through it..
5:35 pm on November 10th, 2008
Bitch Bitch Bitch Bitch Bitch Bitch Bitch Bitch Bitch Bitch Bitch Bitch Bitch Bitch Bitch Bitch BITCH!!!! Forced. Sterilization.
7:11 pm on November 10th, 2008
oh yeah, murder is so much better than having a 2nd abortion @@
what the fuck was her reasoning for killing the baby? did she really think she’d get away with it? obviously she did or she would have picked a legal option. out of all the options how the fuck could murder be the one she chose?
10:20 pm on November 10th, 2008
Clearly, there is something wrong with this woman. No sane person comes up with a plan like that.
4:57 am on November 11th, 2008
I agree with DarkPrincess. You would have to be truly f*cked in the head to do something like this. It just doesn’t add up.
And like… she IS a mother. So she knows how wonderful and life-changing a child is. How could she then do this???
Whatever. I hope someone smothers her ass.
6:19 am on November 11th, 2008
I totally agree with all of your statements and we WILL NEVER understand why she did what she did???? Who knows and it was so not needed to be done this way… She knew all about the laws and still chose to do what she did, I feel sorry for her mom for finding what she did find and for the girl,mother, whatever we are calling her//// she has to answer to god and no one else and this story is very sad. Birth Control is FREE people if you cannot afford it, at least in most states and for the women reading this that don’t want to get PREGNANT, DONT have SEX that is simple and clear and makes alot more sense than killing your baby. How in the world could someone do such an act??? We will never never understand at least I won’t understand how she could have looked into her newborn babies eyes and did what she did? HORRIBLE and very SAD
1:12 pm on November 11th, 2008
I’m one of those hardcore pro-choicers that believe that, so long as a baby is inside you, it’s an extention of your body and you should be free to terminate at any point. I don’t understand it; I don’t advocate it…But if a woman is willing to risk her own life to rid herself of something she doesn’t want, so be it. And, it’s not considered an infant because it’s not. By definition, it’s a fetus. A baby is not given legal rights until it is born.
11:18 pm on November 11th, 2008
i agree this is unbelievably disturbing.. makes me feel so sad n depressed.. that woman must have an evil mind.. poor baby could have been adopted into a family whoms in desperate need/want for a child..
this is just DISGUSTING!!! lock her up and throw away the key!!
11:29 pm on November 11th, 2008
“”And, it’s not considered an infant because it’s not. By definition, it’s a fetus. A baby is not given legal rights until it is born. “”
Im sorry but i STRONGLY disagree with this statement .. yeah a baby inside a woman is called a fetus at the first stages… but when that living human baby grows arms legs , has a functioning brain and a god damn heart beat!!! how is that not a baby ?? a tiny human being inside?? i’ve always loved childcare and i want to become a midwife/nurse.. and i am disgusted with ur statement. believe what u want but u r wrong… a baby is an infant..at the start the correct term is fetus but when it has a heart beat how can u still consider that to not be an infant.. its a goddamn baby!! pfft a baby is not given its legal rights untils its born..ive never heard such bullshit.. Im not here to abuse n e one.. but i have a right to state my opinion. and i have.
5:10 am on November 12th, 2008
Megan, though- Athena did say that she doesn’t understand it and wouldn’t advocate it. Most pro-choices don’t loooove abortion, but we do firmly believe in a woman’s right to chose. Like, just because I am VERY pro-choice, doesn’t necessarily mean I would personally ever have an abortion. That’s not what being pro-choice is about. It’s just that we believe that it should be up to the woman, even if we would disagree with it.
I am not sure I am as hard-core as Athena, but I understand what she is saying.
6:05 am on November 12th, 2008
Funny, I never gave it much thought before. I am and have always been strongly pro-choice. And I havent changed my mind. But I never imagined anyone would choose to do it after a certain trimester. Like say 4 month or more. (I dont mean medical emergancys either) But i am a bit biased because I was a born a premie and know lots of others. I had to fight pretty hard at life in the beginning, so I would give others the same choice .
I do know that what Stephanie did was murder to me. If you give birth its to damn late to take that life away.
9:17 am on November 12th, 2008
Apparently the maternal instinct is lacking in an increasingly large part of the population lately. With the Safe Haven laws in place nowadays, there is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this barbaric behavior.
6:16 pm on November 12th, 2008
oh no… i agree for sure a woman has the right to make a choice about abortion.. its up to them ofcourse .. i was just saying no matter what, when a tiny lil baby has a heart beat it is no longer classed as a fetus.. its a living human baby.. and i just didnt like what that person said.. however we all think differently.. and yes i agree Raven Blackheart theres no excuse for this womans behavior .. if she never wanted the baby she should have opted for the abortion early on .. not go through pregnancy and kill a baby?? OMG i need to leave this page.. makin me very annoyed…stupid evil woman!! Poor child..it wasnt fair : (
6:49 pm on November 12th, 2008
Okay I read up on the Tammy Skinner issue and I must say-physically ill! I don’t have issues with abortion-I believe to each his own. It is hard to grasp the concept of murdering your unborn baby on the day she is about to come out. I find this positively gross. She coud have given that little girl up for adoption-so many people want to adopt. In my opinion she didn’t want to give it up for adoption because then she might remain guilty for the rest of her life, or maybe she didn’t want to be one of those found birth mothers years down the road-so she wouldn’t have to explain why she gave her up. I don’t know, but I find it maniacal and fucked up to just kill the baby like that. Same goes for this woman as well-she could have taken that baby to any hospital, etc and allowed him a chance at life.
7:33 pm on November 12th, 2008
Megan, darling…You’re wrong.
fe·tus (fÄ“’tÉ™s) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. fe·tus·es
2. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after conception to the moment of birth, as distinguished from the earlier embryo.
See that? When it’s undeveloped, it’s an embryo. But for as long as it is in a womb, it is a fetus. That is the accurate term, no matter how wrongly it rubs you.
A baby gains legal right once it is born in most jurisdictions, which is why this is considered murder (and I wholeheartedly agree with that).
8:49 pm on November 12th, 2008
no.. im sorry ATHENA i know the correct term 4 a baby inside the womb is fetus ..i know… but i believe a baby is a baby.. when it has a heart beat and all i dont see y it should be classed as a fetus still.. because its a baby .. a human being.. however lol i am so over debating this lol… however thanks for resonding… : P
9:15 pm on November 12th, 2008
cumdumpster
1:56 am on November 13th, 2008
This really pains me to say I went to school with Stephany Collins. You always hear about stuff like this happening but you never expect it to happen to someone you know. I also have 3 kids and could NEVER EVER possible think of doing that to any of them. It makes you wwish you never hung out with that person. I REALLY PISSES ME OFF and I cant get her out of my head now. I keep looking at the picture hoping its not relly her but I know it is.. Fucking stupid BITCH..
7:12 pm on November 14th, 2008
That’s what I think, too. Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness are a package deal. And until you’ve got liberty from the ute, you don’t have the package. That’s my opinion.
Why is this bitch smiling like that in this picture? Where the hell does she think she is?
11:08 pm on November 18th, 2008
I grew up with Stephanie and knew her pretty well. We talked all the time and I even remember when she had her first child. When she was pregnant the first time she showed no signs of neglagence, or violent behavior. For me to find out that she has done this is quite the shock. I believe that she had justification for her actions, or at least her way of thinking due to her fathers behavior. Her father has been in trouble in the past for possible molestation to her and probably others as well. I am not at saying that her choice of actions was right, but I do however believe that if your father had gotten you pregnant, you wouldnt want to have the child either, and I believe that it was her fathers doing. Maybe ppl shouldnt judge without knowing every detail.
12:40 pm on November 19th, 2008
Sorry, but I don’t believe it, reports are saying the baby’s father lived in GA. So you just decide to come on here and make some crazy allegations, no way! She is a baby murderer and that’s it!
1:15 pm on November 19th, 2008
What are you, a fucking idiot? This chick is 26 years old, the mother of a 9-year-old, living with her parents, and you’re going to tell me that because of the possibility that her father “molested” her and impregnated her, her going through with the pregnancy and then killing the newborn is understandable? Um, let’s assume that the father is the sick fucker you suggest he is, how about (1) get the fuck out of your parents’ house and/or (2) call the cops on your sicko father and/or (3) suck it up and abort the fetus? If there was a lifetime of abuse and she shot her father, then yeah, I could agree that her actions made a little sense. But no, she deliberately hid a pregnancy then killed a newborn.
P.S. What she did has nothing to do with “negligence” nor “violent behavior.” She got pregnant. She didn’t want the baby. She didn’t want an abortion. So she made the baby go away.
12:12 pm on November 22nd, 2008
Not trying to fan any lingering embers; but a fetus has a heart beat from pretty early on, well before it is viable outside the womb.
I personally have a hard time with abortions performed after the fetus/child is viable outside the womb. Probably from reading about Chinese abortion practices……
3:31 pm on November 22nd, 2008
Geez, Ok then that makes all the difference in the world, to carry a child to full term, never consitering an abortion. And then murdering the child. ::rolls eyes::
It wasnt that babys fault who ever the fucktard daddy was, it doesnt make it the fucking spawn of satan. It still just makes it a baby. No body stopped her from droping the child off, nobody stopped her from getting an abortion.
I am sorry , highschoolfriend, thoughs kind of excuses for her behavious mean jack shit around here. Only way you would have had a possible defence for her was if you claimed “postpartum depression” or “Puerperal psychosis” and most people here dont even buy that one.
There were MANY different ways, for your friend to deal with her pregnancy, many options avalable. She choose to hide it and murder it. And thoughs were not options they were a choice and a real bad one at that.
12:41 am on January 6th, 2009
Well what you all don’t know is this girl is from Yerington Nevada. She just moved to Florida, she was pregnant several times here in Yerington, we all seen her with her big belly at work (Mcdonalds, Casino West) and when we ask her where are her babies she said they died WTF ???? And when we asked her for proof, like a death certificate she couldn’t provide one!!!! Police need to investigate this girl, she might have killed the other ones, yes she has had more than one child. The parents know everything, they are playing stupid. When she got pregnant with her son she was only 16 and it was by someone elses husband and his wife was pregnant at the same time!!! What a home wrecker!!!!!!!
12:49 am on January 6th, 2009
To all the people who blame her father, what a joke!!!! Stephanie is a liar and a drug user who also sleeps around with whoever and peoples husbands!!!!
2:08 am on January 6th, 2009
Apparently you know her, so why don’t you tell us the truth about her? I re-read the comments, and pretty much everyone is mad at HER, not her father, so it seems like you know something we don’t.
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