Mentally Ill Bronx Woman Charged With Manslaughter, Newborn Twin Found Stuffed In Bag

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Lasasha Gouldbourne, 31, was arrested Tuesday for manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child.

The charges stem from her alleged actions after giving birth to a premature baby girl in the bathroom of a friend’s home on Bronx Park East in Allerton on Sept. 1.

Gouldbourne is accused of stuffing the newborn in a laundry bag with her clothes and bringing the girl to her mother’s home, which is a few blocks away.

She gave the bag to her mother, who normally does her laundry, without telling her what was inside.

“She said something like, ‘Be careful with that’ and left,” a law enforcement source said.

The mother later found the newborn girl inside the bag unconscious.

Gouldbourne’s mother called 911, and medics rushed the infant to Montefiore Medical Center, where the baby died.

The baby died from asphyxiation due to smothering and her manner of death was determined to be a homicide, according to the city medical examiner’s office.

Gouldbourne is a mentally ill drug addict who previously had four children taken away from her, sources said.

Cops found Gouldbourne on the street shortly after the infant was discovered in the laundry bag.

After being taken into custody, she complained of pains and was taken to Montefiore Medical Center, where she gave birth to a second child — a baby boy who is fraternal twin to the girl who died — following an emergency Caesarean section, police said.

After giving birth, Gouldbourne was hospitalized under psychiatric care for three months. When she was released from the hospital earlier this week she was taken into custody and charged with manslaughter, cops said.

Bronx woman charged with manslaughter, newborn twin found stuffed in bag

Lasasha Gouldbourne 31, is also facing charges of criminally negligent homicide, assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child.

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