November 21, 2013:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/11...er-newborn-boy-found-dead-at-recycling-plant/Police in Rockland County have appealed to the public for help locating the mother of a Hispanic newborn found dead at a recycling plant last week.
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“Since Nov. 12 we’ve been consumed by this, we are all fathers, we are all mothers, we have children and this has been 24 hours a day,” Police Chief Paul Modica said. “This is our primary focus in finding out who committed this homicide and also finding out if the mother of this child is safe and sound.”
The baby boy was found dead with his umbilical cord still attached at Brookfield Resource Management Inc. in Elmsford, Westchester County. The medical examiner determined the full-term baby was born alive and was the victim of a homicide.
His remains, a skirt and a lottery ticket were all in a garbage bag at the recycling facility. Authorities traced the lottery ticket back to a convenience store on Maple Avenue in Spring Valley. It’s believed the baby was dumped in a recycling bin behind the store, authorities said.
They’re hoping someone will recognize the skirt.
Modica said there have been many tips, but so far no good leads in the case.
“This mother of this child has not showed up, we don’t know if she’s also a victim somewhere that needs assistance or is possibly a victim of another homicide,” he said.
Meanwhile, officers have planned a funeral for the boy who’s been named Baby Angel. The funeral will be held Saturday morning at St. Joseph’s Church, which is across from police headquarters.
A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered to anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the death of the baby boy.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...oy-throwing-dumpster-report-article-1.1544493Cops in Rockland County have arrested a cold-hearted mom who they say killed her baby boy and tossed him in the trash.
Maria Oliva Guaman-Guaman, 23, was arraigned Tuesday night on a charge of second-degree murder, Spring Valley Police Chief Paul Modica said Wednesday.
She is accused of strangling her newborn and putting the body in a recycling bin at a deli in Spring Valley.
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Modica told the Daily News that Guaman-Guaman was “emotionless” when she was first interrogated and then began crying as investigators honed in on her as the suspect.
“There wasn’t the huge amount of remorse you would think in a situation like this,” said Modica.
“I got to tell you, there was a bit of callousness.”
She made a “full confession” and allegedly told detectives, “I can’t afford another child,” Modica said.
DNA linked Guaman-Guaman to the baby. Modica said she was a person of interest early in the investigation, and that five or six tips out of 50 or 60 pointed to her address in Spring Valley.
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“It was a brutal murder,” Modica said.
Investigators dubbed the infant “Baby Angel” and gave him a proper burial on Nov. 23. The newborn never got a name.
Guaman-Guaman, who has a glass eye, had apparently been able to hide her pregnancy from the extended family she lived with in Spring Valley, Modica said.
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The suspect worked at a dog food factory in nearby Hillburn and has a 2-year-old daughter now in the custody of child protective services.
Guaman-Guaman hails from Ecuador, was deported from the U.S. in 2008 or 2009 and managed to return, Modica said.