Sentenced: Deceased Infant Found In Port Jervis

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Police say a deceased infant was discovered Tuesday night in Port Jervis.

The infant was found just after 10:15 p.m. on the side of the road along Hornbeck Avenue.

A woman who lives in the area and says she called for help told News 12 by phone that her teenage children found the baby first, thought it was a doll and asked her to come outside to be sure.

She says the newborn was dead in the fetal position with the umbilical cord still attached when she called for help.

Police haven’t released any additional information, but the woman who found the child says police told her the newborn was left outside for about an hour before the infant was found.

Police: Deceased infant found in Port Jervis

Police say a deceased infant was discovered Tuesday night in Port Jervis.

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[Pandorama]

Poor mite. Discarded like trash. I hope it was stillborn.

 

[Sejanus]

 

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Detectives have interviewed the mother of a newborn found dead in a vacant lot in freezing temperatures this week, Port Jervis police said.

Authorities are withholding the woman’s name as the investigation continues. Autopsy results haven’t been released.

The unclothed infant was found dead on a rock late Tuesday. Police said the baby was found with the umbilical cord still attached.

People who live nearby were shocked by what happened and said they hoped justice is served.

“Anybody who would do this is like, less than human,” neighbor Brandon Rivera said. “That’s crazy. I feel for the baby and that's it."

Abandoned newborn found dead in freezing NY weather; mother questioned

Port Jervis, New York, police are investigating the death of a newborn found unclothed and abandoned on a rock in freezing temperatures on Tuesday.

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A 22-year-old woman is under arrest after a newborn baby was found dead along a walking path in a wooded area in Orange County, New York, last year, authorities announced Wednesday.

Nicole Layman, of Port Jervis, is charged with second-degree murder after she allegedly gave birth to a daughter and abandoned her by a vacant lot on November 12, 2019.

The girl's body was discovered alongside Hornbeck Avenue and Brooklyn Street in Port Jervis around 10:30 p.m.

"Based upon the findings of our investigation, that the child had been born alive, and that Layman abandoned her in the freezing cold temperatures in a vacant lot adjacent to Hornbeck Avenue where the baby subsequently died of exposure," Port Jervis City Police Chief William Worden said.

Authorities believe the baby had just been born because the umbilical cord was still attached.

Police identified Layman as the baby's mother on the very same night as the grim discovery, but investigators waited 12 weeks for forensic results and two medical examiner's reports before they made an arrest.

"This case was done as expeditiously as it could have been done," Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said. It was done professional by the police department. It was done by the medical examiner's office."

The DA and police chief would not say why Layman allegedly chose to abandon her daughter, born prematurely at approximately 30 weeks. But for this city of about 10,000 people, the reality of what happened to an innocent newborn is difficult to swallow.

Layman faces a maximum sentence of 25 years to life if convicted of the top charge.

22-year-old mother arrested after newborn's body found in wooded area in New York town

A 22-year-old woman is under arrest after a newborn baby was found dead along a walking path in a wooded area in Orange County, New York, last year, authorities announced Wednesday.

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[Satanica]

Jesus, she looks about 12.

 

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Police Chief William Worden said the baby was born around seven months into Layman’s pregnancy when the infant was found around 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 12 near a vacant lot adjacent to Hornbeck Avenue. The baby, found unclothed and uncovered, still had part of its umbilical cord attached, he said.

A pediatric autopsy, which included tissue samples and toxicology reports that took upwards of 12 weeks, determined the baby’s cause of the death to be “homicide caused by environmental exposure to the newborn, premature infant due to being unclothed and left outside in the weather,” Worden said.

Worden said it was not known how long the baby had been outside before it died, but due to the extreme cold — temperatures dropped to 15 degrees that evening in Port Jervis — he said it “wasn’t that long.”

Layman is suffering with “mental health issues,” Hoovler confirmed after an inquiry from a reporter, but declined to disclose any additional details.

The newborn was named Sophia Grace Hadden by her grandmother, Worden said.

While authorities withheld certain aspects of the case, District Attorney David Hoovler said it was believed Layman kept her pregnancy a secret and “quite simply, I just believe she did not want to have a child.” It is not believed that Layman did anything to “accelerate” the premature baby’s birth and it is not believed she has any other children.

Port Jervis mother, 22, charged with murder of newborn daughter

PORT JERVIS, N.Y. — A 22-year-old Port Jervis woman has been charged with murder after authorities say she gave birth to a baby girl prematurely in

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Nicole Layman wept as she faced a judge Tuesday on murder charges in the death of her newborn daughter.

At times during her arraignment in Orange County Court, the Port Jervis woman dropped her chin to her chest and rocked as she stood at the defense table. She struggled to wipe her eyes, testing the minimal reach of the chains connecting her handcuffs to the belt securing them to her waist.

Andrew Greher, the lawyer assigned by the court to represent Layman, entered a not-guilty plea on her behalf to an indictment that charges her with two counts of second-degree murder and one count each of second-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault, abandonment of a child and tampering with physical evidence in the Nov. 12 death of newborn Sophia Grace Hadden.

The baby’s body was found that frigid night in a vacant lot in Port Jervis, unclothed, uncovered and with part of the umbilical cord attached, officials have said.

Rather than air the details of the case in an open courtroom on Tuesday, Greher and Senior Assistant District Attorney Christopher Kelly agreed to ask Judge Robert Prisco to set bail at $500,000 cash, $3 million secured bond or $5 million partially secured bond. The judge set bail as requested.

Greher asked the judge to order a psychiatric and competency exam for Layman, and the judge agreed.

As the lawyers reviewed scheduling and legal details on exchanges of evidence, Layman’s tears were visible on her face.

Prisco set April 16 for the next court date, to allow time for the psychiatric exam and report.

“Mental health is a component here,” Greher said after court. “This is somebody who was diagnosed with significant mental health issues, for years.”

Psych exam OK'd for mother charged in baby's death

Nicole Layman wept as she faced a judge Tuesday on murder charges in the death of her newborn daughter. At times during her arraignment in...

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An Orange County mother who left her newborn outside to freeze to death was sentenced Monday to serve up to 15 years behind bars.

"On November 12, 2019, she tore the umbilical cord -- the last remaining bond between the two -- with her fingernails," said Prosecutor Chris Kelly.

"I wish I could go back in time and fix my mistake. I'm asking for forgiveness for everyone," said 24-year-old Nicole Layman.

Layman begged for forgiveness as an Orange County judge sentenced her to serve four to 15 years in prison for leaving her newborn daughter to die on a cold rock in below-freezing temperatures in 2019.

"I did not know I was pregnant and was in a domestic violence relationship, and the night my daughter was born, I was severely beaten. I was in so much shock and was very scared. I'm not making any excuses for my action. I'm just asking for a little understanding," Layman said.

Authorities say neighborhood teenagers found her unclothed baby in an undeveloped lot in Port Jervis.

Layman was arrested and charged with murder after an autopsy found the child died of exposure to the cold.

Prosecutors said it was 19 degrees on the night Layman admitted she left her child to die.

Layman's attorney, Andrew Greher, said the case is a tragedy for everyone involved.

"This was a difficult set of facts. There was an obviously a lot at play here - not just the moment in time in which the child was born and left by my client, which was obviously a terrible decision," he said.

Port Jervis mother sentenced to up to 15 years for her newborn's freezing death

Layman begged for forgiveness as an Orange County judge sentenced her to serve four to 15 years in prison for leaving her newborn daughter to die on a cold rock in below-freezing temperatures in 2019.

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[Satanica]

Well, yes, you do sound like you're making excuses.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

No one else needs forgiveness, not that baby you left in the cold or the judge sentencing you, if you were truly repentant you would apologize and thankfully do your 4 years.