A 24-year-old North Carolina woman has been charged with attempted murder and felony child abuse after allegedly abandoning her newborn boy just after giving birth.
Casey Marie Thomas placed the infant inside a plastic bag and covered him with some leaves near a Marshville, North Carolina, home Wednesday, according to the Union County Sheriff’s Office.
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The infant was found by local sheriff’s deputies who were responding to tips from Atrium Health Union, a hospital in nearby Monroe, that the child was near the home.
The home is on East High 74 near Marshville.
The incident’s police report states deputies heard cries from the newborn as they were investigating. Officials said the child was still alive and taken to a local hospital.
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Deputies told WSOC-TV a concerned family member took Thomas to a local hospital after noticing she had lost a lot of blood. Medical professionals said it seemed like she recently gave birth, but Thomas denied it.
The hospital then called the Union County Sheriff’s Office and said they thought Thomas recently gave birth.
Deputies went to her home after receiving the information from the hospital.
Thomas lived at the home with her grandmother.
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