An 18-year-old in Dothan, Alabama, is facing a capital murder charge after police found the remains of her newborn baby in a dumpster last week.
The Dothan Police Department announced on Thursday, Aug. 24, that 18-year-old Jakayla Ashanti Williams was arrested after confessing she placed her newborn baby in a dumpster to die.
Dothan police say they were alerted on Thursday, Aug. 24, by Southeast Health Medical Center staff, who reported the Williams family contacted them to recover a child Williams claimed to have left the week prior.
Police say Williams’ parents were unaware of their daughter’s pregnancy or that she had given birth in her room at home in the early morning hours of Aug. 13. When the parents learned of these events on Aug. 23, they reached out to the hospital to ensure the baby’s safety.
That led to police confronting Williams directly in an interview, the teen admitted to leaving the child wrapped in a cloth inside an apartment complex dumpster. According to Williams, the child was alive when she left it there. Police said she told them she did not want the child., Al.com reports.
