Teen mom pleads guilty after bodies of twin babies found in trash
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CLEVELAND (WJW) – A teenage mother appeared in court this week and admitted to two charges of gross abuse of a corpse, almost a year after the bodies of her her twin babies were found in the trash.
According to court documents obtained by the FOX 8 I-Team following a public records request, the 17-year-old was also facing charges of involuntary manslaughter, endangering children and tampering with evidence.
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Those charges were dismissed by the prosecutor and the teen “voluntarily admitted to the allegations of the Amended Complaint,” the records state.
“After further investigation, reviewing expert reports, and statements from witnesses, it was determined that there was insufficient evidence to prove the remaining charges beyond a reasonable doubt,” said Alexandria Bauer, spokesperson for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office.
She is scheduled to be sentenced on the two felony 5 charges at 9:30 on June 5 in Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court.
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Cleveland police told the I-Team the bodies of the infants were found around 7:20 p.m. on Saturday, May 20, 2023 inside a trash can along Ludlow Road.
The infant victims were twins and appeared to be born early at about 30 weeks gestation.
The babies were born a few days before their bodies were discovered. Police said the girl’s mother did not know her daughter was pregnant.
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