Neibi Brito has been escorted out of the Gwinnett County jail twice since she was arrested in February -- once to attend a funeral for her three children who were killed in a meth lab fire, and again this week to give birth to another child.
On Monday, deputies transported the 22-year-old from the jail to Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville. They guarded her while she was in the hospital giving birth, and then ferried her back to the jail on Wednesday morning, according to Capt. Sean Smith of the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department.
Smith said he didn't know who took custody of the baby. A representative for Gwinnett Medical Center could not be reached Wednesday afternoon.
Two hours after Brito returned to the jail, she was called into Gwinnett County Magistrate Court for a first appearance hearing on murder charges.
Police arrested Brito and charged her with trafficking in methamphetamine in February after a fire at a Lilburn home claimed the lives of her three children: Isaac Guevara, 4, Ivan Guevara, 3, and 18-month-old Stacy Brito.
In May, a Gwinnett County grand jury added three counts of malice murder and three counts of felony murder to her indictment.
"We decided there was sufficient evidence that she was involved in the drug production, which led to the fire, which led to the deaths," said Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter.
She was formally notified of the new charges at Wednesday's hearing.
Brito and her children were living with Brito's boyfriend, Ivan Gonzales, 26, and another man, Joseph Alexander Perez, 31 at a house in the 1100 block of Spring Mill Drive. Neither man is believed to be the father of the children who died in the fire, Porter said.
Police believe at least one of the suspects was cooking meth when the blaze broke out. They carted away 4,555 grams of liquid meth from the home after the fire.
Brito, Perez and Gonzales face identical charges.
Perez is being held without bond at Gwinnett County jail. Gonzales is still at large.
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