Pleasant Grove Woman Charged With Attempted Murder Of Her Unborn Child

[Sugar Cookie]

A Pleasant Grove woman was charged Tuesday with engaging in behavior she hoped would cause the death of her unborn child.

Janessa Jean Turner, 41, is charged in 4th District Court with attempted murder, a first-degree felony, and two counts of lewdness involving a child, a class A misdemeanor.

The investigation began Sept. 14 when Turner was participating in a video call with the children of her former boyfriend, ages 9 and 11. During the call, Turner left her breasts exposed, according to charging documents. When the mother of the children saw this and told Turner, she "responded that it wasn't a big deal since the children had seen her breasts before when she was skinny dipping."

The mother then took the phone from the children, took a screenshot of the call and contacted the police.

When officers talked to Turner, they detected an odor of alcohol. She was given a breath test and her blood-alcohol level was recorded at 0.301%, the charges allege.

But because Turner was also "visibly pregnant," police took her to a local hospital to be checked before taking her to jail.

"While there, (Turner) told a social worker that, intending to kill her fetus, she had starved herself for the past two months, drank excessive amounts of Kahlua daily for the past two months and driven recklessly around trains hoping to get into a crash that would cause a miscarriage. (She) also said that she had been camping over the past couple of days with the intention of 'doing things' that would cause a miscarriage or labor and that she could then bury the infant's body without anyone knowing," the charges state.

Turner also said if the baby were born alive, "she would have killed it or let it die, and that she still wanted to kill the baby," according to the charging documents.

Court records indicate Turner was previously convicted of child abuse. This charge was reduced from a second-degree felony to a class B misdemeanor, for hitting a 10-year-old girl and putting her in a chokehold.

Pleasant Grove woman charged with attempted murder of her unborn child

A Pleasant Grove woman was charged Tuesday with attempted murder and accused of engaging in behavior intended to kill her unborn child.

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[the cat did it]

WHY WHY WHY?? OK I get you don't want another child and from the sounds of it she should NOT ever have another child and not ever care for the kids she has now-but why kill a baby born alive? There is always adoption and the safe haven laws-which given her age she knows all about, so WTF decide to kill a baby? How could anyone see a little baby and want to harm it?! Are some people so selfish that they would rather kill their baby than give it up in hopes a for a better life? Is this a kind of "I can't/won't have you so no one else will" - or just plain crazy murderous attempts? I don't get a lot of people and quite frankly I don't want too-it's a dark mess. I hope the baby is ok at birth, poor thing, abused before even taking in their first breath

 

[runninfawn]

that baby should be taken away from her at birth and put up for adoption no matter if she professes that now she dearly love her baby because she will find a way to kill that poor wee one and he/she will suffer greatly till death

 

[Josh P]

She likes to fuck but doesn't like the responsibility of her actions, 9 months later. Her idea of birth control would be an abortion.