Michigan woman charged with murder for sealing newborn in plastic at office

[Jazzy]

A Michigan woman was charged with murder on Friday in the death of her newborn son who was found sealed in a plastic bag and stored in a tote near her desk in March, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said.

Kimberly Pappas, 25, of Wyandotte, is charged with felony murder, premeditated murder and first-degree child abuse in the death of the newborn, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors said she gave birth to a full term infant in the bathroom at her workplace in Redford, Michigan, on March 31. An employee alerted the Redford Fire Department, which attempted to resuscitate the child, who was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

A Wayne County judge ordered Pappas remanded in jail on Friday and referred her for competency testing, prosecutors said. A court hearing was scheduled for June 8.

Attorneys for Pappas told local media she needs therapy and counseling and should have been allowed to return home.

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The state of Michigan has a program called Safe Delivery, which allows a woman who has just given birth to anonymously surrender a newborn to a fire station, police department, hospital, or even to call 911 and have emergency rescuers come and get the baby. There is absolutely no excuse for this murder. None. That baby could have had a long, happy, healthy life with a loving adoptive family that would have cherished him, and his own mother robbed him of that life. It makes me sick.

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[mrldii]

There is no excuse for this, given there are plenty methods of birth control available, plenty of adoption agencies, a "Safe Delivery" program in place, and that abortion is [still] legal, at this time.

With these factors in mind, she should be tried and convicted and serve the same prison time like any other murderer would receive.