A Nevada mom was arrested for allegedly tossing her newborn into a dumpster and chillingly telling cops she believed abandoning the child in the trash was her “best option,” according to police.
Taylor Sierra Dickinson, 28, was slapped with attempted murder and other charges after tying her minutes-old baby boy in a garbage bag and deserting him in the trash bin in Sun Valley, where he was later found by a passerby and is now doing well, the Reno Gazette Journal reported.
Police said Dickenson — who is married and already has two kids — allegedly claimed she didn’t realize she was pregnant when she gave birth in a nearby bathroom on July 5 and reacted with “panic and shock.”
“She had no knowledge of the gender, whether the child was breathing or moving,” Washoe County Sheriff’s Detective Claire Hoops-Adams testified during a bail hearing Wednesday.
“According to her, the infant was wrapped completely in the towel and placed in the garbage bag. In her panic, she thought that was her best option.”
Hoops-Adams noted that Dickinson allegedly admitted she didn’t want any more children – but hoped someone would find the discarded infant, the outlet reported.
“She stated that she had no desire to have any more children, stating her family financially was living paycheck to paycheck at that point and they could not support an additional child,” the detective said, adding that Dickinson had previously miscarried in 2023 – and left the fetus in a garbage can.
Continue readingThe newborn was discovered nearly 10 hours later when a good Samaritan heard cries and jumped into the waste receptacle to rescue the baby.
